2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest 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 Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science is the 97th most popular major in the country with 17,129 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Southwest region, there were 2,382 clinical/medical laboratory science graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,600 and $15,746 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 46 clinical/medical laboratory science graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great clinical/medical laboratory science programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the clinical/medical laboratory science program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Value Clinical Laboratory Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Clinical Laboratory Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Clinical Laboratory Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Tarleton State University

Stephenville, Texas

#3 in overall quality

$15,485 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Clinical Laboratory Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Tarleton State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Tarleton is a fairly large school located in Stephenville, Texas that handed out 12 masters’s clinical laboratory science degrees in 2019-2020.

Tarleton also took the #3 spot in our “Best Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Tarleton State University are $15,485, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science at Tarleton

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science (Income $75-$110k)

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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