Medical Laboratory Science

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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:

ASCP BOC Certification Pass Rates for Graduates

	For students who graduated between 7/1/18 - 6/30/19	For students who graduated between 7/1/19 - 6/30/20	For students who graduated between 7/1/20 - 6/30/21
Number of students that sat for the ASCP BOC exam within first year of graduation	26	32	33
Number passing the BOC exam within first year of graduation	25	28	27
Percent	96	88	82

Placement Rates

	For students who graduated between 7/1/18 - 6/30/19	For students who graduated between 7/1/19 - 6/30/20	For students who graduated between 7/1/20 - 6/30/21
Graduates who found employment and/or continued their education within one year of graduation	28	35	35
Graduates that did not find placement within one year of graduation	0	0	1
Yearly Average Placement Rate Percentage	100	100	97

Graduation* Rates

	For students slated to graduate between 7/1/18- 6/30/19	For students slated to graduate between 7/1/19 - 6/30/20	For students slated to graduate between 7/1/20- 6/30/21
Students who began the "final half" of the program	30	32	23
Students who completed the “final half” of the program	30	32	23
Yearly Graduation Rate Percentage	100	100	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 MLT to MLS Track has various part-time and full-time schedules and is difficult to fit into this definition. Furthermore, some students will switch from full to part-time due to work commitments. Therefore, all data posted is for the traditional track in-person students