Laboratory Sciences & Medical Technology at George Washington University

If you plan to study laboratory sciences and medical technology, take a look at what George Washington University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

GWU is located in Washington, District of Columbia and approximately 27,017 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Laboratory Sciences & Medical Technology section at the bottom of this page.

GWU Laboratory Sciences & Medical Technology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Clinical Laboratory Sciences

Online Classes Are Available at GWU

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? GWU offers distance education options for clinical laboratory sciences at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

GWU Laboratory Sciences & Medical Technology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the clinical laboratory sciences progam at GWU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The clinical laboratory sciences major at GWU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Laboratory Sciences & Medical Technology. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Online Lab Sciences & Medical Technology Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	5
Most Popular Online Lab Sciences & Medical Technology Trade Schools	5
Best Lab Sciences & Medical Technology Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	15
Best Lab Sciences & Medical Technology Trade Schools	16
Most Popular Lab Sciences & Medical Technology Trade Schools	26
Most Popular Lab Sciences & Medical Technology Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	26
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Most Focused Lab Sciences & Medical Technology Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	131
Most Focused Lab Sciences & Medical Technology Trade Schools	142
Best Value Lab Sciences & Medical Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	179
Best Value Lab Sciences & Medical Technology Schools	189

Clinical Laboratory Sciences Student Demographics at GWU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the clinical laboratory sciences majors at George Washington University.

GWU Laboratory Sciences & Medical Technology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 28 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Laboratory Sciences & Medical Technology from GWU in 2020-2021, 36% were men and 64% were women. The typical clinical laboratory sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% men. So male students are more repesented at GWU since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% more racial-ethnic minorities in its clinical laboratory sciences bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from George Washington University with a bachelor's in clinical laboratory sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

GWU also has a doctoral program available in clinical laboratory sciences. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Laboratory Technician

Careers That Clinical Laboratory Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in clinical laboratory sciences can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for DC, the home state for George Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Michiel1972 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.