Medical Laboratory Science

How can we better detect disease and help doctors find the best treatment for their patients? Medical Laboratory Scientists are health care professionals who conduct special diagnostic tests in a lab to help discover the presence or absence of disease and provide important data that physicians use in diagnosing and treating their patients.

The Medical Laboratory Science degree provides a curriculum to train students to practice medical laboratory science in diagnostic laboratories or other health care related settings. Successful completion of the program qualifies the student to sit for certification examinations.

Students declare a Pre-MLS Major and are accepted into the program in their Junior year. Once in the program, students have two semesters of intensive coursework after which they intern in a clinical facility for six months. The program in medical laboratory science is accredited by the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences. Program graduates are eligible for a national certification examination.

Medical Laboratory Science Major Snippet

MLS Admittance Rates

2013-2014: 98%
2014-2015: 72%
2015-2016: 69%
2016-2017: 88%
2017-2018: 96%
2018-2019: 94%
2019-2020: 91%
2020-2021: 94%
2021-2022: 92%

ASCP Board of Certification Exam for MLS Graduates

Year	Number Taking	National Average	BYU Average	Percentage Passed
2010	31	492	536	93.60%
2011	28	501	467	82%
2012	40	501	503	95%
2013	32	498	513	94%
2014	42	503	505	93%
2015	43	488	497	95%
2016	38	495	497	84%
2017	41	513	527	95%
2018	35	513	518	91.40%
2019	21	503	497	90.5%
2020	24	496	484	96%
2021	32	480	487	84%

Graduate Job Placement Rates: 100%

Year	Graduate Job Placement Rate
2018	100%
2019	100%
2020	100%
2021	100%