Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science at North Arkansas College

If you are interested in studying clinical/medical laboratory science, you may want to check out the program at North Arkansas College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Northark is located in Harrison, Arkansas and approximately 1,604 students attend the school each year. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 8 students received their associate's degree in clinical laboratory science.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science section at the bottom of this page.

Northark Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Clinical Laboratory Science (Less Than 1 Year)
• Associate’s Degree in Clinical Laboratory Science

Online Classes Are Available at Northark

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

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

• Associate’s Degree

Northark Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Clinical Laboratory Science Student Demographics at Northark

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the clinical laboratory science majors at North Arkansas College.

Northark Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of clinical laboratory science associate's degrees went to men and 63% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in clinical laboratory science only graduates about 16% men each year. The program at Northark may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 21% more women than average.

Northark does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in clinical laboratory science graduates 3% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from North Arkansas College with a associate's in clinical laboratory science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science

Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from North Arkansas College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Laboratory Technician	8
Phlebotomy Technician/Phlebotomist	1

Related Majors

• Health & Medical Administrative Services
• Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services
• Health Sciences & Services
• Allied Health Professions
• Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants

Careers That Clinical Laboratory Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in clinical laboratory science can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for AR, the home state for North Arkansas College.

Occupation	Jobs in AR	Average Salary in AR
Health Specialties Professors	1,600	$146,380
Health Technologists and Technicians	1,120	$42,300
Surgical Technologists	1,110	$42,720
Phlebotomists	940	$28,690
Medical Equipment Preparers	210	$35,540

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.