Northeast Texas Community College Medical Lab Program Costs $10,922. Here Is How Its Graduates Do.
An AAS, MLT program in Mount Pleasant, 24 months, 60 semester hours.
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The Short Version
- Its published cost is above the median for Texas medical lab programs that publish one ($9,730).
- At 10% of the local median wage for clinical laboratory technologists and technicians, the program cost is paid back in about 1.8 years.
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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
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.
Where the Money Goes
About half of every dollar goes to tuition, 6 program semesters. Middle and high columns total $14,642 and $17,561. Scrubs (about $220 for two sets) not included. The sheet lists four residency labels over three columns, so which residency the lowest column covers is not certain.
| Item | Cost |
|---|---|
| Prerequisites (8 credit hours tuition, textbooks, lab fees) | $1,301 |
| Tuition, 6 program semesters | $6,102 |
| Textbooks | $1,283 |
| Course and lab fees | $1,983 |
| Physical exam and immunizations | $150 |
| CPR certification | $50 |
| Background check | $40 |
| Professional liability insurance | $13 |
| Total 1 | $10,922 |
* How we calculated this: We grouped the per-semester lines by type; the groups add up to the sheet's stated total of $10,922.
Not included: living costs. MLT Program Costs, 2024 fee schedule (first, lowest residency column).
Jobs and Pay in the Texarkana Area
About 130 clinical laboratory technologists and technicians work in the Texarkana area. The middle half earn between $38,900 and $77,690 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
- 24 months, 60 semester hours
- Schedule
- In person, sequential cohort
- Starts
- Fall (16 seats; Fall 2026 deadline extended to July 15)
- Before you apply
- Any 8 hours of biology, a 2.5 GPA and a C or better in all prerequisite courses.
- Entrance exam
- ACT, SAT, THEA or Accuplacer for general knowledge proficiency
- Accreditation
- NAACLS, Accredited (NAACLS; dates not shown)
- Leads to
- ASCP Board of Certification (BOC) exam, MLT or MLS
Sources and Dates
- NTCC Medical Laboratory Technology Program AAS cost sheet, MLT Program Costs, 2024 fee schedule (first, lowest residency column).
- 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