Amarillo College Medical Lab Program: Pass Rate, Jobs and Local Pay
An AAS, MLT program in Amarillo, 22 months, 5 semesters. 76.9% of its graduates passed the certification exam over Classes of 2023 to 2025.
The Short Version
- Its certification exam rate (76.9%) is below the Texas program median of 90.0%.
- 95.2% of graduates looking for work in the field found a job, by NAACLS's measure.
- 100% of students who started finished the program.
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How Graduates Do
NAACLS requires every accredited program to publish the same outcome measures, so they can be compared program to program. 3
| Year | Certification pass rate |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 64.2% |
| 2024 | 83.3% |
| 2023 | 83.3% |
Graduates who passed a medical laboratory certification exam (usually the ASCP Board of Certification exam), as the program publishes it for NAACLS. Programs report a three-year figure or yearly rates; where only yearly rates are published we show the newest year rather than averaging them. Job placement: graduates who found jobs in the field or continued their education, as the program reports it to NAACLS.
What It Costs
Amarillo College does not publish a total cost for this program. Amarillo College posts only general tuition pages, no MLT program total. Ask the program for its cost sheet; contact details are on its page.
For comparison only, not this program's price: the 5 Texas medical lab programs that publish a cost range from $845 to $11,000, with a median of $9,730.
Jobs and Pay in the Amarillo Area
About 200 clinical laboratory technologists and technicians work in the Amarillo area. The middle half earn between $43,100 and $70,080 a year; new graduates usually start toward the lower end. Texas expects about 2,450 openings a year statewide through 2034, from new positions, retirements and people changing jobs, with the number of jobs growing 15.6% (from 29,740 to 34,380).
Program Facts
- Credential
- AAS, MLT
- Length
- 22 months, 5 semesters
- Schedule
- In person classes plus clinical practicums in Amarillo and Texas Panhandle labs
- Starts
- Fall only (applications open Sep 1; up to 20 students a year)
- Before you apply
- Not listed on the program page; applicants follow the Health Sciences application steps.
- Entrance exam
- None stated
- Accreditation
- NAACLS, Accredited (NAACLS; dates not shown on program page)
- Leads to
- ASCP Board of Certification (BOC) exam, MLT or MLS
Sources and Dates
- Amarillo College program outcomes page, Student Success and Program Outcomes page, undated; percentages only, no counts. Placement is gainful employment or continuing education (91.7%, 100%, 93.5%); graduation 100% each year..
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (29-2010), May 2025 estimates.
- National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS), checked Nov. 2026.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, Texas and metro areas (employment and wage percentiles), May 2025 estimates.
- Texas Workforce Commission, long-term occupational projections, 2024 to 2034.
Every number was checked against its source on Nov. 4, 2026. Spot an error? Report it. Program Outcomes is independent and not affiliated with any school or NAACLS. Our independence policy