Is a Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions degree worth it?
Across 72 schools, graduates of Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions earn a median $71,895 five years out on $20,832 of debt. Graduates most commonly work as Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (modeled from the federal CIP-to-SOC crosswalk). These earnings and debt figures come from the U.S. Dept. of Education.
Median 5-yr pay
$71,895
Median debt
$20,832
Years to pay off
2.8
at 10% of pay
AI task exposure
22%
GPT-4-era overlap
10-yr job growth
+5.7%
BLS 2024–2034
Gender pay gap
9%
$86,455 vs $78,688
Net price
$17,886/yr
Debt-test failures
0%
of programs
'Real' premium
+$12,840
vs avg, adjusted
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Explore Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions in full →Data: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, BLS OEWS, O*NET, AI-exposure measures (Eloundou/AIOE), Zillow. Earnings reflect federally-aided graduates; see the full story for methodology and limitations.