Laboratory Sciences & Medical Technology at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

What traits are you looking for in a clinical laboratory sciences school? To help you decide if Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's clinical laboratory sciences program.

TTUHSC is located in Lubbock, Texas and approximately 5,274 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.

TTUHSC Laboratory Sciences & Medical Technology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Clinical Laboratory Sciences

Online Classes Are Available at TTUHSC

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, TTUHSC does offer online courses in clinical laboratory sciences for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

TTUHSC Laboratory Sciences & Medical Technology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks clinical laboratory sciences programs across the country. The following shows how TTUHSC performed in these 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.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The clinical laboratory sciences major at TTUHSC 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
Best Lab Sciences & Medical Technology Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	3
Most Popular Online Lab Sciences & Medical Technology Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	4
Best Lab Sciences & Medical Technology Trade Schools	4
Most Popular Online Lab Sciences & Medical Technology Trade Schools	4
Best Value Lab Sciences & Medical Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	13
Best Value Lab Sciences & Medical Technology Schools	15
Most Popular Lab Sciences & Medical Technology Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	16
Most Popular Lab Sciences & Medical Technology Trade Schools	18
Most Focused Lab Sciences & Medical Technology Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	23
Most Focused Lab Sciences & Medical Technology Trade Schools	32
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Clinical Laboratory Sciences Student Demographics at TTUHSC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the clinical laboratory sciences majors at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.

TTUHSC Laboratory Sciences & Medical Technology Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 33 students earned a bachelor's degree in clinical laboratory sciences from TTUHSC. About 61% of these graduates were women and the other 39% were men. The typical clinical laboratory sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% men. So male students are more repesented at TTUHSC since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% 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 Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center with a bachelor's in clinical laboratory sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

TTUHSC 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

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 TX, the home state for Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Health Specialties Professors	13,930	$139,540

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
• Image Credit: By Krista Mericle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.