The Carver College of Medicine partners with Allen College in Waterloo, Iowa, to offer the major in medical laboratory science. The program is fully accredited by the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences. All graduates are eligible for national certification examinations in medical laboratory science.

Undergraduate study in medical laboratory science is guided by the academic rules and proceduresoutlined in the Carver College of Medicine section of the Catalog. Because the Carver College of Medicine partners with Allen College for the medical laboratory science major, students are not held to the University of Iowa in-residence requirement.