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2023 Best Value Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Schools in Rhode Island

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$15,955 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$49,900 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science School for You

With 44 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, clinical/medical laboratory science is the #13 most popular major in Rhode Island.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for healthcare students. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Best Value Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Schools in Rhode Island to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Rhode Island to see which programs offered the best value experiences for clinical laboratory science students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Schools in Rhode Island

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for clinical laboratory science majors pursuing a .

Best Rhode Island Schools for Affordable Quality in Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science

$4,980 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Community College of Rhode Island the best value school in Rhode Island for clinical/medical laboratory science students. CCRI is a large public school located in the city of Warwick.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at CCRI are $4,980 a year. After completing their degree, clinical laboratory science graduates from CCRI carry an average student debtload of $14,502.

CCRI did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Schools in Rhode Island list.

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$15,332 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Rhode Island is a great value for clinical/medical laboratory science students. URI is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Kingston.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at URI are $15,332 per year. After completing their degree, clinical laboratory science graduates from URI carry an average student debtload of $26,296.

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#3

Rhode Island College

Providence, RI
$10,702 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Rhode Island College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best clinical/medical laboratory science schools in Rhode Island. RIC is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Providence.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at RIC are $10,702 per year.

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$32,807 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New England Institute of Technology. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Schools in Rhode Island list. Located in the suburb of East Greenwich, New England Tech is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

New England Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $32,807 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

New England Tech not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Schools in Rhode Island list.

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Best Value Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 116
Connecticut 48
New Hampshire 2
Maine 6
Vermont 22

One of 30 majors within the healthcare area of study, clinical/medical laboratory science has other similar majors worth exploring.

Clinical Laboratory Science Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Phlebotomy Technician/Phlebotomist 7,599
Laboratory Technician 4,185
Laboratory Sciences & Medical Technology 3,912
Sterile Processing Technology/Technician 1,108
Other Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science and Allied Professions 982
Blood Bank Technology Specialist 280
Histologic Technician 243
Renal/Dialysis Technologist/Technician 220
Histologic Technology/Histotechnologist 106
Cytotechnology/Cytotechnologist 101
Ophthalmic Laboratory Technology/Technician 78
Cytogenetics/Genetics/Clinical Genetics Technology/Technologist 46
Hematology Technology 41

Majors Similar to Clinical Laboratory Science

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 84,492
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Allied Health Professions 82,308

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Staff Sgt. Jerilyn Quintanilla.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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