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2023 Best Value Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$14,057 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$56,242 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Graduate Certificate School for You

Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science is the #141 most popular major in the country with 954 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which graduate certificate 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

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

Best Far Western US Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science

#1

Heritage University

Toppenish, WA

Our 2023 rankings named Heritage University the best value school in the Far Western US Region for clinical/medical laboratory science students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the rural area of Toppenish, Heritage University is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Heritage University are $9,872 per year. While working on their Graduate Certificate, clinical laboratory science majors at Heritage University accumulate an average of around $24,916 in student debt.

Full Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science at Heritage University Report

#2

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA

The excellent graduate certificate programs at San Francisco State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value clinical/medical laboratory science schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the city of San Francisco, SFSU is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at SFSU are $18,242 a year.

Read full report on Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science at San Francisco State University

Best Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Colleges by State

Explore the best clinical/medical laboratory science schools for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 62
Washington 11
Nevada 0

Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science is one of 29 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Clinical Laboratory Science

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 66,964
Medicine 28,629
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 24,774
Public Health 19,473
Health & Medical Administrative Services 17,335

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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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