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.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Laboratory Technician Schools in Iowa ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 55 degrees in laboratory technician to qualified students.
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The clinical laboratory technician program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Laboratory Technician rankings. 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.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Laboratory Technician Schools in Iowa list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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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 Iowa Schools in Clinical Laboratory Technician
Kirkwood Community College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in laboratory technician. Kirkwood Community College is a large public college located in the city of Cedar Rapids. This college ranks 16th out of 37 colleges for overall quality in the state of Iowa.
There were approximately 14 laboratory technician students who graduated with this degree at Kirkwood Community College in the most recent year we have data available.
Hawkeye Community College is a wonderful choice for students interested in a degree in laboratory technician. Located in the rural area of Waterloo, Hawkeye Community College is a public college with a small student population. This college ranks 23rd out of 37 schools for overall quality in the state of Iowa.
There were roughly 9 laboratory technician students who graduated with this degree at Hawkeye Community College in the most recent year we have data available.
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It is difficult to beat Des Moines Area Community College if you want to pursue a degree in laboratory technician. DMACC is a very large public college located in the large suburb of Ankeny. A Best Colleges rank of #408 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means DMACC is a great college overall.
There were approximately 20 laboratory technician students who graduated with this degree at DMACC in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).