Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science at The University of Texas at Austin

If you are interested in studying clinical/medical laboratory science, you may want to check out the program at The University of Texas at Austin. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UT Austin is located in Austin, Texas and has a total student population of 50,476. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students received a bachelor's degree in clinical laboratory science from UT Austin.

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.

UT Austin Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Clinical Laboratory Science

UT Austin Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Rankings

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

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 UT Austin 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
Best Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	11
Best Value Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	138

Earnings of UT Austin Clinical Laboratory Science Graduates

The median salary of clinical laboratory science students who receive their bachelor's degree at UT Austin is $60,759. This is 7% higher than $56,638, which is the national average for all clinical laboratory science bachelor's degree recipients.

Clinical Laboratory Science Student Demographics at UT Austin

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

UT Austin Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students earned a bachelor's degree in clinical laboratory science from UT Austin. About 82% of these graduates were women and the other 18% were men. The typical clinical laboratory science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 17% men. So male students are more repesented at UT Austin since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 35% 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 Austin with a bachelor's in clinical laboratory science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	1
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UT Austin 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

• Medical Science
• Allied Health Professions
• Health & Medical Administrative Services
• Medicine
• 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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas at Austin.

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 Reid Sullivan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.