2023 Best Laboratory Technician Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$30,800
Avg Cost*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Clinical Laboratory Technician for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Laboratory Technician is the 193rd most popular major in the country with 4,185 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southwest region, there were 595 laboratory technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 20 laboratory technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great laboratory technician programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the laboratory technician program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Clinical Laboratory Technician for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Clinical Laboratory Technician for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree vets studying clinical laboratory technician.
Top 1 Best Laboratory Technician Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Clinical Laboratory Technician for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a large public school situated in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It awarded 20 bachelors’s clinical laboratory technician degrees in 2020-2021.
UNM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Laboratory Technician Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 22,311 students enrolled at University of New Mexico - Main Campus were GI Bill® students, of which 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of New Mexico - Main Campus does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at University of New Mexico - Main Campus]](/colleges/university-of-new-mexico-main-campus/student-life/veterans/)
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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