Accreditation and Outcomes

Accreditation

The Medical Laboratory Science Program at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center is accredited by the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS), a professional agency that establishes educational standards for baccalaureate-level programs in the medical laboratory sciences.

NAACLS
5600 N. River Road, Suite 720
Rosemont, IL 60018
737-714-8880

Outcomes

In December 1989, federal regulations were instituted that require all post-secondary institutions to provide all incoming students consumer information reflecting graduation, placement rates and licensure information in the career program being pursued by the student.

In an effort to comply with these regulations, the Penn State Health Medical Laboratory Science program, established in June 2019 and fully accredited in April 2021, is providing the following information based on its most recent graduate follow-up statistics.