United Regional Health Care System Medical Lab Program: Pass Rate, Jobs and Local Pay

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.

What It Costs

United Regional Health Care System does not publish a total cost for this program. No tuition is charged and students get a $125 monthly stipend; no other program costs are listed. 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 Wichita Falls Area

About 110 clinical laboratory technologists and technicians work in the Wichita Falls area. The middle half earn between $44,390 and $76,680 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

Certificate, MLS

Length

52 weeks (24 weeks classroom, then clinical rotations)

Schedule

Hospital-based, in person

Starts

January and July (next classes Jan 11, 2027 and Jul 12, 2027)

Before you apply

Bachelor's in a related science (or affiliate eligibility) with 16 hours biology, 16 hours chemistry and 6 hours math.

Entrance exam

None stated

Accreditation

NAACLS, Accredited (NAACLS; dates not shown)

Leads to

ASCP Board of Certification (BOC) exam, MLT or MLS