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CIP PROGRAM: 51.1005
Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist.

Summary: A program that prepares individuals to conduct and supervise complex medical tests, clinical trials, and research experiments; manage clinical laboratories; and consult with physicians and clinical researchers on diagnoses, disease causation and spread, and research outcomes. Includes instruction in the theory and practice of hematology, clinical chemistry, microbiology, immunology, immunohematology, physiological relationships to test results, laboratory procedures and quality assurance controls, test and research design and implementation, analytic techniques, laboratory management, data development and reporting, medical informatics, and professional standards and regulations.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics - Related Occupations

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National Completion Rate Trends

Year Associate'sBachelor'sMaster's
2020 10 2944 261
2021 26 2995 251
2022 35 3104 307
2023 45 3138 372
2024 33 3181 396
Change +350.00% +6.59% +42.53%

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51.1007 Histologic Technology/Histotechnologist.
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51.1010 Cytogenetics/Genetics/Clinical Genetics Technology/Technologist.
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Institutions granting degrees in Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist.

Institution Degrees Granted (2024)5-Year Change

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