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2025 Best Laboratory Technician Schools in California

3 Colleges in California
102 Clinical Laboratory Technician Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in laboratory technician, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #193 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Laboratory Technician Schools in California ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 102 degrees in laboratory technician annually.

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Choosing a Great Laboratory Technician School

Best Laboratory Technician Schools in California Your choice of laboratory technician school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for laboratory technician schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.

You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.

Pick Your Laboratory Technician Degree Level

Associate Degrees in Clinical Laboratory Technician

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Laboratory Technician Schools in California list to help you make the college decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Laboratory Technician in California

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the clinical laboratory technician degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top California Schools in Clinical Laboratory Technician

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Saddleback College
Mission Viejo, CA
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In CA

It's difficult to beat Saddleback College if you want to pursue a degree in laboratory technician. Located in the suburb of Mission Viejo, Saddleback College is a public college with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #332 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Saddleback College is a great college overall.

There were approximately 17 laboratory technician students who graduated with this degree at Saddleback College in the most recent year we have data available.

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Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In CA
11.1% Growth in Graduates

Mt. San Antonio College is a wonderful decision for students interested in a degree in laboratory technician. Located in the large suburb of Walnut, Mt. SAC is a public college with a fairly large student population. This college ranks 97th out of 161 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.

There were about 27 laboratory technician students who graduated with this degree at Mt. SAC in the most recent year we have data available.

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Bachelors Degree Type
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College of the Canyons
Santa Clarita, CA
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
6th Most Popular In CA
11.1% Growth in Graduates

Every student who is interested in laboratory technician has to take a look at College of the Canyons. College of the Canyons is a fairly large public college located in the suburb of Santa Clarita. This college ranks 99th out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.

There were about 9 laboratory technician students who graduated with this degree at College of the Canyons in the most recent year we have data available.

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Best Laboratory Technician Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Laboratory Technician Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Washington 831 2
Oregon 587 36
Nevada 354 12
Hawaii 267 4
Alaska 167 2

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Laboratory Technician is one of 12 different types of Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Clinical Laboratory Technician

Related Major Annual Graduates
Phlebotomy Technician/Phlebotomist 1,002
Sterile Processing Technology/Technician 177
Laboratory Sciences & Medical Technology 125
Other Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science and Allied Professions 26
Renal/Dialysis Technologist/Technician 22

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