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Why Choose A Career in Clinical Laboratory Science?

Here are some reasons for becoming a CLS major at Texas State.

1. Great job opportunities in hospital laboratories, reference laboratories, and research laboratories.
2. A program which has a medical orientation.
3. Starting salaries are competitive with other science majors at Texas State.
4. The job market-there is currently a shortage of qualified clinical laboratory personnel in Texas.
5. Your skills will make you versatile and mobile-you can work in just about any laboratory setting, in any state.
6. You will make a difference in the treatment and diagnosis of many patients, every day.
7. Your CLS degree is an ideal degree for graduate professional programs, especially medicine and public health.
8. Clinical laboratory science is changing all the time-there's something new to learn every day.

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