Laboratory Sciences & Medical Technology at University of Alaska Anchorage

If you are interested in studying laboratory sciences and medical technology, you may want to check out the program at University of Alaska Anchorage. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UAA is located in Anchorage, Alaska and has a total student population of 11,953. In 2021, 8 clinical laboratory sciences majors received their bachelor's degree from UAA.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Laboratory Sciences & Medical Technology section at the bottom of this page.

UAA Laboratory Sciences & Medical Technology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Clinical Laboratory Sciences

UAA Laboratory Sciences & Medical Technology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks clinical laboratory sciences programs across the country. The following shows how UAA performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The clinical laboratory sciences major at UAA is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Laboratory Sciences & Medical Technology. 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 Lab Sciences & Medical Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	85
Most Popular Lab Sciences & Medical Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	116
Most Focused Lab Sciences & Medical Technology Schools	124
Best Value Lab Sciences & Medical Technology Schools	126
Most Popular Lab Sciences & Medical Technology Schools	138

Clinical Laboratory Sciences Student Demographics at UAA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the clinical laboratory sciences majors at University of Alaska Anchorage.

UAA Laboratory Sciences & Medical Technology Bachelor’s Program

The clinical laboratory sciences program at UAA awarded 8 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 50% of these degrees went to men with the other 50% going to women. The typical clinical laboratory sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% men. So male students are more repesented at UAA since its program graduates 25% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 23% more racial-ethnic minorities in its clinical laboratory sciences bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Alaska Anchorage with a bachelor's in clinical laboratory sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• Laboratory Technician

Careers That Clinical Laboratory Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in clinical laboratory sciences can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for AK, the home state for University of Alaska Anchorage.

Occupation	Jobs in AK	Average Salary in AK
Health Specialties Professors	60	$64,880

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 Wonderlane under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.