Which Michigan medical laboratory science program has the lowest debt?

Michigan Tech reports the lowest median federal debt, $26,000, with first-year pay of $38,756.

How much do medical laboratory science graduates earn in Michigan?

The median across 9 Michigan medical laboratory science bachelor's programs is $63,038 in the first year after graduating and $69,970 five years after.

How many medical laboratory science bachelor's programs are in Michigan?

9 Michigan programs report first-year pay for their graduates, and 8 of them also report federal debt.

Medical Laboratory Science (Bachelor's) Programs in Michigan, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

9 programs report first-year pay
8 also report federal debt
Bachelor's in Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions

College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025

The short answer

The median Michigan medical laboratory science bachelor's program pays its graduates $63,038 in their first year, $1,611 less than the national median. Wayne State reports the highest first-year pay ($70,611), and Michigan Tech the lowest median debt ($26,000).

Median first-year pay$63,038National $64,649

Median pay after 5 years$69,970National $71,537

Median federal debt$29,188National $25,875

Debt-to-earnings50%National 39%

All 9 programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	School	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Debt to pay
1	Wayne StateDetroit · public	$70,611	$73,379	$31,975	45%
2	Saginaw Valley StateUniversity Center · public	$66,597	Not reported	$31,750	48%
3	Ferris StateBig Rapids · public	$65,935	$69,970	$29,503	45%
4	Eastern Michigan UniversityYpsilanti · public	$65,737	$70,372	Not reported	Not reported
5	Grand Valley StateAllendale · public	$63,038	Not reported	$31,741	50%
6	Oakland UniversityRochester Hills · public	$55,992	$67,395	$28,021	50%
7	Northern Michigan UniversityMarquette · public	$54,336	$67,026	$28,873	53%
8	Michigan StateEast Lansing · public	$47,202	$70,284	$27,000	57%
9	Michigan TechHoughton · public	$38,756	$63,723	$26,000	67%

Eastern Michigan University reports pay but not debt, so it is ranked only by pay.

Debt and first-year pay at every Michigan medical laboratory science program

Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Michigan medians.

Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only the 8 programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Wayne State$70,611
Saginaw Valley State$66,597
Ferris State$65,935
Eastern Michigan University$65,737
Grand Valley State$63,038

Lowest median debt

Lowest debt for the pay

"Debt for the pay" is median debt divided by first-year pay. Only programs that report both figures are included.

Careers this field leads to

These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to medical laboratory science, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.

Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians

$61,260

Median pay in Michigan. 10,000 people work in this job in Michigan. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 3% from 2025 to 2035, with about 20,800 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.

Bottom 10%: $37,560Top 10%: $91,280

Phlebotomists

$39,860

Median pay in Michigan. 3,540 people work in this job in Michigan. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 7% from 2025 to 2035, with about 18,000 openings a year. Typical education to start: postsecondary nondegree award.

Bottom 10%: $36,850Top 10%: $48,890

Surgical Technologists

$63,320

Median pay in Michigan. 3,840 people work in this job in Michigan. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 5% from 2025 to 2035, with about 7,100 openings a year. Typical education to start: postsecondary nondegree award.

Bottom 10%: $43,690Top 10%: $79,550

Medical Equipment Preparers

$45,670

Median pay in Michigan. 2,420 people work in this job in Michigan. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 11% from 2025 to 2035, with about 10,700 openings a year. Typical education to start: high school diploma or equivalent.

Bottom 10%: $37,750Top 10%: $58,050

Common questions

Wayne State in Detroit reports the highest median first-year pay, $70,611. Its median federal debt is $31,975.

Medical Laboratory Science (Bachelor's) programs in the US, ranked94 programs by pay and debt

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Michigan rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Medians are across the medical laboratory science bachelor's programs that report each figure, so the counts differ by figure. Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024