Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science at The University of Texas at El Paso

If you plan to study clinical/medical laboratory science, take a look at what The University of Texas at El Paso has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UTEP is located in El Paso, Texas and approximately 24,879 students attend the school each year. Of the 434 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from The University of Texas at El Paso in 2021, 18 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.

UTEP Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Clinical Laboratory Science

UTEP Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The clinical laboratory science major at UTEP 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
Most Popular Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	75
Best Value Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	148
Best Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	159
Best Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Schools	344
Best Value Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Schools	525
	610

How Much Do Clinical Laboratory Science Graduates from UTEP Make?

The median salary of clinical laboratory science students who receive their bachelor's degree at UTEP is $47,227. This is less than $56,638, which is the national average of all clinical laboratory science majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Clinical Laboratory Science Student Demographics at UTEP

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

UTEP Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 18 clinical laboratory science majors earned their bachelor's degree from UTEP. Of these graduates, 33% were men and 67% were women. The typical clinical laboratory science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 17% men. So male students are more repesented at UTEP since its program graduates 16% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 42% 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 El Paso with a bachelor's in clinical laboratory science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	0
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UTEP 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 El Paso. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Laboratory Sciences & Medical Technology	18

Related Majors

• Health Sciences & Services
• Mental & Social Health Services
• Communication Sciences
• Bioethics/Medical Ethics
• Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical 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 El Paso.

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 Adrian Garcia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.