Doctorate of Clinical Laboratory Sciences

Program Costs

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There is a $60 application fee

Approximate costs per semester may be calculated at the UTMB Enrollment Services Fee Sheet web page. Tuition depends on number of hours taken each semester. Make sure to select Texas Resident or Non-Texas Resident and Distance students.

For the mandatory on-campus orientation day before beginning the program. The student is responsible for transportation to Galveston, hotel, food, and getting to UTMB once on the Island. Housing is not available on the UTMB campus. An additional weekend lab (Thursday – Sunday) is required for Molecular Diagnostics during the Spring semester of the second year.

Additionally, there a total of 4 – 4 week DCLS clinicals spread out through the curriculum (about 1 per year). You will be required to attend a minimum of four (4) consecutive weeks of DCLS clinicals which are face-to-face on-campus (currently only offered at the UTMB-Galveston location). Currently, DCLS clinicals are only offered that UTMB-Galveston campus. We hope to offer DCLS clinicals at other healthcare institutions in the near future.