Clinical/Medical Laboratory Technician

STEM • Health Professions And Related Programs

What is it about?

A program that prepares individuals, under the supervision of clinical laboratory scientists/medical technologists, to perform routine medical laboratory procedures and tests and to apply preset strategies to record and analyze data. Includes instruction in general laboratory procedures and skills; laboratory mathematics; medical computer applications; interpersonal and communications skills; and the basic principles of hematology, medical microbiology, immunohematology, immunology, clinical chemistry, and urinalysis.

Numbers at a glance

512th
Popular nationwide
344
Search Rank on O's List
8
Colleges offer it
174
Graduates (2018-19)
Men
39
Women
135

Trends

Graduates
Popularity Rank

Colleges

Number of Colleges by Type
Median Graduating Class by College Type
Number of Colleges by Size
Top 10 Public by Number of Graduates
Weber State University103
Auburn University at Montgomery17
University of New Mexico-Main Campus15
Rhode Island College1
Average public university graduating class: 34 students.
Top 10 Private by Number of Graduates
Boston University22
Allen College12
Indiana Wesleyan University2
Heritage University2
Average private university graduating class: 10 students.

O's Insights on Clinical/Medical Laboratory Technician

  • Major has been stable in popularity over the last 5 years after increasing prior to that.
  • 78% of graduates come from public universities.

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