Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

If you plan to study clinical/medical laboratory science, take a look at what University of New Mexico - Main Campus has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UNM is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and has a total student population of 22,311.

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.

UNM Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Clinical Laboratory Science

UNM Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Rankings

The clinical laboratory science major at UNM 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.

Clinical Laboratory Science Student Demographics at UNM

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the clinical laboratory science majors at University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

UNM Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 19% of clinical laboratory science bachelor's degrees went to men and 81% went to women. The typical clinical laboratory science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 16% men. So male students are more repesented at UNM since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 29% 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 University of New Mexico - Main Campus with a bachelor's in clinical laboratory science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science

If you plan to be a clinical laboratory science major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of New Mexico - Main Campus. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Laboratory Technician	20

Related Majors

• Health/Medical Prep Programs
• Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions
• Allied Health 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 NM, the home state for University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in NM	Average Salary in NM
Health Specialties Professors	1,300	$150,170
Phlebotomists	730	$29,700
Surgical Technologists	620	$44,110
Health Technologists and Technicians	450	$60,690
Medical Equipment Preparers	230	$36,210

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 PerryPlanet under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.