Medical Laboratory Science
Laboratories and the work of their personnel are essential in health care. A degree in medical laboratory science prepares you to provide essential clinical information to health care providers and ensure reliable results that contribute to the prevention, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of physiological and pathological conditions. Laboratory tests are extremely valuable and are responsible for up to 70 percent of medical decisions made by practitioners. Graduates of our MLS programs often go on to pursue advanced degrees in medicine, physician assistant studies, pharmacy, and dentistry. Many may also specialize in areas like hematology, clinical chemistry, toxicology, virology, microbiology, immunohematology (blood banking) or molecular biology.
Program Outcome Data
The United States Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education have indicated the importance of the public availability of program/student outcomes measured. To meet this expectation, the University of Kentucky Medical Laboratory Science program is providing the following:
Board Scores
| For students who graduated between 7/1/20 - 6/30/21 | For students who graduated between 7/1/21 - 6/30/22 | For students who graduated between 7/1/22 - 6/30/23 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| A) Total # who sat for the MLS exam(s) within first year of graduation | 34 | 27 | 42 |
| B) # of MLS graduates certified within the first year of graduation | 27 | 24 | 34 |
| Yearly MLS Certification Pass Rate Percentage: (B/A) x 100 | 79 | 89 | 81 |
Three Year Average MLS Certification Rate Percentage: 83
Placement Rates
| For students who graduated between 7/1/20 - 6/30/21 | For students who graduated between 7/1/21 - 6/30/22 | For students who graduated between 7/1/22 - 6/30/23 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| A) # who found employment (in the field or in a closely related field) and/or continued their education within one year of graduation | 35 | 32 | 40 |
| B) # who did neither of the above | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| C) # for which you do NOT have any information | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Yearly Average Placement Rate Percentage: [A/(A+B)] x 100 | 97% | 100% | 100% |
Three Year Average Placement Rate Percentage: 99%
Graduation/Attrition Rates
| For students slated to graduate between 7/1/20 - 6/30/21 | For students slated to graduate between 7/1/21- 6/30/22 | For students slated to graduate between 7/1/22- 6/30/23 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| A) # who began the "final half" of the program | 23 | 26 | 34 |
| D) # who began the "final half" of the program during the given time period and have since graduated | 23 | 26 | 34 |
| Yearly Attrition Rate Percentage: (B/A) x100 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yearly Graduation Rate Percentage | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Three Year Average Graduation Rate Percentage: 100%
The Traditional Track in-person MLS Program is 16 month long beginning in the fall semester of August in year 1 and ending in December of year 2 (end of fall semester). Therefore, the half-way point is during the spring semester of year 1. The MLS faculty have agreed that the start of summer session 1 (begins the first week in May) is the start of the final half of the program. The half-way point for the MLT to MLS cohort occurs after accruing 20 credit hours.
