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2023 Best Value Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Schools in North Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

24 Colleges
$4,466 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$42,124 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science School for You

Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science is the #11 most popular major in North Carolina with 240 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the healthcare programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Best Value Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Schools in North Carolina ranking. Our analysis looked at 24 schools in North Carolina 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Schools in North Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Colleges.

Top 10 Best Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Schools

$2,310 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Alamance Community College the best value school in North Carolina for clinical/medical laboratory science students. ACC is a small public school located in the rural area of Graham.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at ACC are $2,310 per year.

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#2

College of the Albemarle

Elizabeth City, NC
$2,228 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend College of the Albemarle. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the distant town of Elizabeth City, College of the Albemarle is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at College of the Albemarle are $2,228 a year.

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$1,944 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Vance-Granville Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the distant town of Henderson, Vance-Granville Community College is a public school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Vance-Granville Community College are $1,944 per year.

Full Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science at Vance-Granville Community College Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montgomery Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the rural area of Troy, MCC is a public college with a fairly small student population.

MCC undergraduate students pay an average of $2,538 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$2,602 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cleveland Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the town of Shelby, Cleveland Community College is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Cleveland Community College are $2,602 per year.

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$2,226 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #6, Davidson County Community College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for clinical/medical laboratory science students. DCCC is a small public school located in the rural area of Thomasville.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at DCCC are $2,226 per year.

Full Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science at Davidson County Community College Report

$2,536 Average Tuition & Fees

Richmond Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for clinical/medical laboratory science students. It came in at #7 on the list. Richmond Community College is a small public school located in the town of Hamlet.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Richmond Community College are $2,536 per year.

Full Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science at Richmond Community College Report

Central Piedmont Community College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Schools in North Carolina ranking. Located in the city of Charlotte, Central Piedmont Community College is a public school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Central Piedmont Community College are $2,792 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Central Piedmont Community College also did well on our Best Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Schools in North Carolina list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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$2,632 Average Tuition & Fees

Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Schools in North Carolina ranking. Located in the small city of Asheville, A-B Tech is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at A-B Tech are $2,632 per year.

Full Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College Report

$2,600 Average Tuition & Fees

Southeastern Community College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Schools in North Carolina ranking. Located in the rural area of Whiteville, Southeastern Community College is a public school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Southeastern Community College are $2,600 per year.

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Best Value Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 266
Tennessee 895
Georgia 137
Kentucky 129
West Virginia 92
Virginia 189
Alabama 118
Louisiana 155
Mississippi 112
South Carolina 91
Arkansas 136

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

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 24 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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