Medical Laboratory Technology

Your Path to a Health Care Career

Medical laboratory technology is one of the most rapidly expanding health care fields. As a medical laboratory technician, you will play an increasingly important role in health care delivery. The MLT Program provides extensive training, including a clinical internship with supervised work experience. This qualifies graduates to run clinical tests required by physicians to make life-affecting decisions in patient care.
According to the Oregon Employment Departments (OED), projected job growth in the health technologist and technician area, medical laboratory technicians have the third highest projected job growth over the 2008-2018 time period. The OED lists the current average salary for a Medical Laboratory Technician as $44,000.

Associate of Applied Science Degree

105 credit hours; includes 93 credit hours of required MLT courses and 16 credit hours of general education, eight of which may be taken from MLT required courses. Consult a program advisor for help in planning General Education courses. Students must meet college graduation requirements including General Education, math and English competencies.

Distance Learning Program

Do you live outside the Portland area? PCC's MLT program has partnered with many Oregon community colleges and laboratories to create an innovative distance learning program.