Laboratory Technician at Southwest Tennessee Community College

What traits are you looking for in a clinical laboratory technician school? To help you decide if Southwest Tennessee Community College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's clinical laboratory technician program.

Southwest is located in Memphis, Tennessee and has a total student population of 7,371. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 16 students received their associate's degree in clinical laboratory technician.

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

Southwest Laboratory Technician Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Clinical Laboratory Technician

Southwest Laboratory Technician Rankings

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Clinical Laboratory Technician Student Demographics at Southwest

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the clinical laboratory technician majors at Southwest Tennessee Community College.

Southwest Laboratory Technician Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of clinical laboratory technician associate's degrees went to men and 75% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in clinical laboratory technician only graduates about 17% men each year. The program at Southwest may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 8% more women than average.

Southwest does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in clinical laboratory technician graduates 15% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Southwest Tennessee Community College with a associate's in clinical laboratory technician.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Blood Bank Technology Specialist

Careers That Clinical Laboratory Technician Grads May Go Into

A degree in clinical laboratory technician can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TN, the home state for Southwest Tennessee Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Health Specialties Professors	5,690	$102,310

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.