Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science at Old Dominion University

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

Old Dominion is located in Norfolk, Virginia and approximately 24,286 students attend the school each year. Of the 4,024 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Old Dominion University in 2021, 25 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.

Old Dominion Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Clinical Laboratory Science

Online Classes Are Available at Old Dominion

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Old Dominion does offer online education options in clinical laboratory science for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Bachelor’s Degree

Old Dominion Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Rankings

The clinical laboratory science major at Old Dominion 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.

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in clinical laboratory science from Old Dominion. This is the #43 most popular school for clinical laboratory science master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Old Dominion Clinical Laboratory Science Graduates

The median salary of clinical laboratory science students who receive their bachelor's degree at Old Dominion is $50,464. 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 Old Dominion

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the clinical laboratory science majors at Old Dominion University.

Old Dominion Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Bachelor’s Program

Of the 25 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science from Old Dominion in 2020-2021, 24% were men and 76% 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 Old Dominion since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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 Old Dominion University with a bachelor's in clinical laboratory science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Public Health
• Allied Health Professions
• Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions
• Dental Support Services
• 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 VA, the home state for Old Dominion University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Phlebotomists	3,550	$35,960
Surgical Technologists	2,240	$50,790
Health Technologists and Technicians	2,050	$48,050
Medical Equipment Preparers	1,330	$36,790

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 D’Ana Knowles under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.