Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science at The University of Texas at Austin

What traits are you looking for in a clinical laboratory science school? To help you decide if The University of Texas at Austin is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's clinical laboratory science program.

UT Austin is located in Austin, Texas and approximately 50,476 students attend the school each year. Of the 606 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from The University of Texas at Austin in 2021, 11 of them were clinical/medical laboratory science majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science section at the bottom of this page.

UT Austin Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Clinical Laboratory Science

UT Austin Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the clinical laboratory science progam at UT Austin compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The clinical laboratory science major at UT Austin is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	11
Best Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Schools	25
Best Value Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	138
Most Focused Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	227
Most Popular Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Schools	449
Most Focused Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Schools	780

How Much Do Clinical Laboratory Science Graduates from UT Austin Make?

The median salary of clinical laboratory science students who receive their bachelor's degree at UT Austin is $60,759. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 7% higher than the national average of $56,638 for all clinical laboratory science bachelor's degree recipients.

Clinical Laboratory Science Student Demographics at UT Austin

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the clinical laboratory science majors at The University of Texas at Austin.

UT Austin Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 18% of clinical laboratory science bachelor's degrees went to men and 82% went to women. The typical clinical laboratory science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 17% men. So male students are more repesented at UT Austin since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 35% more racial-ethnic minorities in its clinical laboratory science bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor's in clinical laboratory science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	1
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UT Austin also has a doctoral program available in clinical laboratory science. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science

If you plan to be a clinical laboratory science major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from The University of Texas at Austin. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Laboratory Sciences & Medical Technology	11

Related Majors

• Medical Science
• Allied Health Professions
• Health & Medical Administrative Services
• Medicine
• Communication Sciences

Careers That Clinical Laboratory Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in clinical laboratory science can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TX, the home state for The University of Texas at Austin.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Health Specialties Professors	13,930	$139,540
Surgical Technologists	10,340	$49,410
Health Technologists and Technicians	10,080	$43,990
Phlebotomists	9,210	$33,000
Medical Equipment Preparers	3,210	$33,920

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Reid Sullivan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.