UTRGV 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. ²

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

UTRGV does not publish a total cost for this program. No program cost found. 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 Rio Grande Valley Area

About 830 clinical laboratory technologists and technicians work in the Rio Grande Valley area. The middle half earn between $36,680 and $88,300 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).

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Program Facts

Credential

BS, MLS

Length

123 semester hours (4-year bachelor's)

Starts

Fall (applications due May 31)

Before you apply

Non-MLS coursework done before the professional phase, 2.0 overall and science GPA, three references and a background check.

Entrance exam

None stated

Accreditation

NAACLS, Accredited (NAACLS award Apr 21, 2022; accreditation ends Oct 31, 2027)

Leads to

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