2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Laboratory Sciences & Medical Technology in District of Columbia

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In 2021-2022, 3,966 people earned their degree in laboratory sciences & medical technology, making the major the 191st most popular in the United States.

Across District of Columbia, there were 122 laboratory sciences & medical technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 42 laboratory sciences & medical technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,578 and $24,158 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Clinical Laboratory Sciences Major in District of Columbia” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in laboratory sciences & medical technology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their laboratory sciences & medical technology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Clinical Laboratory Sciences Major in District of Columbia

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Clinical Laboratory Sciences Major in District of Columbia”.

Top 3 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Laboratory Sciences & Medical Technology in District of Columbia

1

Howard University
Washington, District of Columbia

#6 overall quality in District of Columbia

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Clinical Laboratory Sciences Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Howard University landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s clinical laboratory sciences degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full Howard University Laboratory Sciences & Medical Technology Report

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George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

#2 overall quality in District of Columbia

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Clinical Laboratory Sciences Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the #2 spot on the list. George Washington University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Laboratory Sciences & Medical Technology at GWU

3

Catholic University of America
Washington, District of Columbia

#4 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Catholic University of America. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Clinical Laboratory Sciences Major in District of Columbia. CUA is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Laboratory Sciences & Medical Technology at Catholic University of America

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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