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Overview for Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist

A program that prepares individuals to conduct and supervise complex medical tests, clinical trials, and research experiments; manage clinical laboratories; and consult with physicians and clinical researchers on diagnoses, disease causation and spread, and research outcomes. Includes instruction in the theory and practice of hematology; clinical chemistry; microbiology; immunology; immunohematology; physiological relationships to test results; laboratory procedures and quality assurance controls; test and research design and implementation; analytic techniques; laboratory management and personnel supervision; data development and reporting; medical informatics; and professional standards and regulations.

Careers for Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist Majors

A major in Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist is highly relevant for the following careers. National averages for wages in each career is provided.

Colleges Offering a Major in Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist

Top 12 Pennsylvania Colleges with the highest percentage of Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist among the 2007-2008 graduating class.

AddInfoCollege Name Degrees Awarded/
Percentage
SelectivityTuition
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, PA
 5
(1.5%)
 - 
Gwynedd Mercy College
Gwynedd Valley, PA
 3
(0.8%)
Moderately Selective$22,790 
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
 1
(0.6%)
Moderately Selective$28,506 
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Misericordia University
Dallas, PA
 2
(0.5%)
Less Selective$23,150 
King's College
Wilkes Barre, PA
 2
(0.5%)
Less Selective$24,680 
Saint Francis University
Loretto, PA
 1
(0.3%)
Less Selective$24,840 
Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus
Indiana, PA
 6
(0.3%)
Moderately Selective$13,396 
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Lebanon Valley College
Annville, PA
 1
(0.3%)
Less Selective$29,350 
Holy Family University
Philadelphia, PA
 1
(0.2%)
Less Selective$21,590 
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania
East Stroudsburg, PA
 2
(0.2%)
Most Selective$15,221 
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.