Graduates have high levels of employment and can work across the United States. Students enroll as pre-medical laboratory science students and apply for formal admission to the program after completing three semesters of study. Admission is not automatic and depends on academic performance and aptitude for the field. Medical laboratory science students are on campus for three academic years and then spend the senior year in a ten to twelve-month practicum at an accredited medical center.?While students are studying at their practicum location, they follow the policies and procedures for the practicum institution.? Students are required to cover all costs associated with attending the practicum.??

The University of Maine is affiliated with the School of Medical Laboratory Sciences at Eastern Maine Medical Center (EMMC) in Bangor, ME, the School of Medical Technology at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, OH, and the Clinical Laboratory Scientist program at New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn, NY.?