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The following table lists statistics for Board of Certification Pass Rates, Graduation Rates and Job Placement Rates for the Clinical Laboratory Science program.

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Year	BOC Pass Rates*	Graduation Rates	Attrition Rates	Job Placement Rates
2022	100%	100%	0%	100%
2021	91%	93%	7%	100%
2020	94%	98%	2%	100%

* One-year pass rate

Fast Facts

The UTMB CLS program was the first academically-based program in Texas and the Southwestern U.S.
Our program was first "approved" by the American Society of Clinical Pathologists Board of Registry in 1937.
The program received the maximum allowed NAACLS accreditation of 10 years in 2017.
UTMB Pathologists’ Assistant program was accredited by NAACLS in 2022.
In 2016, the UTMB Department of Clinical Laboratory Science implemented the first Doctorate in Clinical Laboratory Science (DCLS) program in Texas and is accredited by NAACLS.

UTMB CLS 3+2 program student first to complete minor in Clinical Laboratory Sciences (CLS) at Texas A&M-Galveston

May 21, 2021, 19:03 PM by Andréa Bolt - Texas A&M-Galveston

On Saturday May 15, 2021, Texas A&M University at Galveston handed off its first undergraduate student to the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB). Chris Prevost ‘21 co-enrolled in both institutions during his senior year and was the first student to complete a minor in Clinical Laboratory Sciences (CLS).

The new academic partnership program marries the Texas A&M-Galveston Bachelor of Science in University Studies with a Concentration in Oceans and One Health with the UTMB Master of Clinical Laboratory Sciences.

During Saturday’s commencement ceremony Prevost will receive his bachelor’s degree including the minor in CLS, chemistry, and having already completed more than twenty credit hours of graduate work applied to the master in CLS. Post commencement, he will continue as a full-time CLS graduate student at UTMB.

Chris Prevost and his mentor smile for the camera after conducting an experiment.