The Medical Laboratory Technician curriculum prepares students for positions as technicians in hospital laboratories, physician offices, pharmaceutical companies, private laboratories or other types of clinical laboratory facilities.

Technicians perform clinical laboratory procedures in chemistry, blood banking, microbiology, immunology, hematology, coagulation and other areas of the clinical laboratory, developing data used by a physician to determine the presence and extent of disease, as well as monitoring the patient’s treatment.

The student will spend time in clinical laboratories during their course of study to become familiar with the instrumentation, workload and day-to-day operations of the clinical laboratory

Accreditation

The Medical Laboratory Technician program is accredited by the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS). Students who successfully complete the program are eligible to take the MLT (ASCP) Certification exam.

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Medical Laboratory Technician Intake Process

MLT Program Outcome Measures

The above data represents only those students that took the MLT (ASCP) exam and only those students that responded to the program's contact about their work/continuing education status. Graduation rate is calculated for only 2nd half of the program.

* As of March 22, 2024. Eight students took the exam and two failed.