2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Clinical Laboratory Science Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 17,129 people earned their degree in clinical/medical laboratory science, making the major the 97th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, clinical/medical laboratory science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $38,047 and had an average of $17,559 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 1,255 clinical/medical laboratory science graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,493 and $18,325 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 19 clinical/medical laboratory science graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Clinical Laboratory Science Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in clinical/medical laboratory science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality clinical/medical laboratory science programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the clinical/medical laboratory science program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Value Clinical Laboratory Science Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Clinical Laboratory Science Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Clinical Laboratory Science Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota

$28,845 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Clinical Laboratory Science Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. UMN Twin Cities is a public institution located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school has a large population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMN Twin Cities, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UMN Twin Cities are $28,845.

Read full report on Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science at UMN Twin Cities

#2

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, North Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$18,326 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$71,486 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Dakota. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Clinical Laboratory Science Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. UND is a fairly large school located in Grand Forks, North Dakota that handed out 11 masters’s clinical laboratory science degrees in 2019-2020.

UND also made our “Best Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UND are $18,326, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UND Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science (Income $0-$30k)

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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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