The 50 colleges that score highest for Medical laboratory science on public federal data: selectivity, graduate earnings, program size, academic strength and graduate depth. It is a starting point for your research, not a judgment of quality.
50 colleges · each name links to its page, with sources · data snapshot October 2, 2026 · Updated October 2, 2026
How we rank programs · showing the top 50 of 50 core colleges ranked, those with enough graduates and earnings data · All top-programs lists
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| Rank | College | State | What we measured | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Washington University | DC | Median earnings $82,325 · 16 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 2 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | NC | Median earnings $72,892 · 16 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 3 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | NJ | Median earnings $84,376 · 43 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 4 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | OH | Median earnings $74,601 · 19 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 5 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | WA | Median earnings $86,417 · 35 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 6 | Stony Brook University | NY | Median earnings $110,827 · 40 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 7 | The University of Texas at Austin | TX | Median earnings $68,590 (field-wide) · 17 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 8 | Purdue University-Main Campus | IN | Median earnings $71,585 (field-wide) · 15 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 9 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | OH | Median earnings $79,742 · 156 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 10 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | MN | Median earnings $84,678 · 20 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 11 | University at Buffalo | NY | Median earnings $89,223 · 21 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 12 | Michigan State University | MI | Median earnings $70,940 · 72 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 13 | University of Utah | UT | Median earnings $78,989 · 33 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 14 | University of North Dakota | ND | Median earnings $78,774 · 54 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 15 | University of Connecticut | CT | Median earnings $90,346 (field-wide) · 10 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 16 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | MA | Median earnings $86,040 · 44 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 17 | Auburn University | AL | Median earnings $64,370 · 12 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 18 | University of Central Florida | FL | Median earnings $77,675 · 26 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 19 | University of Kansas | KS | Median earnings $88,152 (field-wide) · 19 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 20 | CUNY Hunter College | NY | Median earnings $104,791 · 38 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 21 | University of Delaware | DE | Median earnings $84,376 · 14 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 22 | Brigham Young University | UT | Median earnings $60,265 · 19 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 23 | Saint Louis University | MO | Median earnings $75,681 (field-wide) · 23 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 24 | Virginia Commonwealth University | VA | Median earnings $80,344 · 26 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 25 | Northern Illinois University | IL | Median earnings $76,856 · 22 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 26 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | WI | Median earnings $73,346 · 113 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 27 | University of Idaho | ID | Median earnings $54,670 (college-wide) · 38 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 28 | Marist University | NY | Median earnings $101,370 · 20 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 29 | Mississippi State University | MS | Median earnings $51,513 (college-wide) · 11 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 30 | Miami University-Oxford | OH | Median earnings $66,134 (field-wide) · 15 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 31 | University of West Florida | FL | Median earnings $65,285 · 47 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 32 | George Mason University | VA | Median earnings $76,131 (field-wide) · 15 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 33 | University of Kentucky | KY | Median earnings $77,663 · 28 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 34 | East Texas Baptist University | TX | Median earnings $52,788 (college-wide) · 12 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees | |
| 35 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | IN | Median earnings $76,220 · 14 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 36 | Wayne State University | MI | Median earnings $67,284 · 17 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 37 | Idaho State University | ID | Median earnings $71,038 · 43 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 38 | University of North Texas | TX | Median earnings $52,164 (field-wide) · 19 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 39 | University of Toledo | OH | Median earnings $69,315 (field-wide) · 22 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 40 | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse | WI | Median earnings $73,439 · 20 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 41 | St. Joseph's University-New York | NY | Median earnings $96,244 (field-wide) · 17 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 42 | Old Dominion University | VA | Median earnings $68,943 · 19 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 43 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | HI | Median earnings $98,600 (field-wide) · 10 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 44 | Cleveland State University | OH | Median earnings $55,038 · 160 graduates last year · 7% of the school's degrees | |
| 45 | Farmingdale State College | NY | Median earnings $104,169 · 19 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 46 | Tarleton State University | TX | Median earnings $81,042 · 17 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 47 | Michigan Technological University | MI | Median earnings $69,388 · 14 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 48 | University of Mississippi | MS | Median earnings $78,171 (field-wide) · 18 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 49 | Illinois State University | IL | Median earnings $73,220 · 31 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 50 | Winona State University | MN | Median earnings $73,400 · 10 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees |
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