Program Outcomes

MLS Board of Certification Scores
Employment in Three Months

First Time Examinees for MLS Board of Certification
from the total population this cycle 2024

Program Hospitals National
Number of First Time Examinees 12 139 723
Mean Scales Score 522 528 492
Number Passing First Time (Percent) 11 (91.67%) 114 (82%) 560 (77.46%)
Number Failing First Time (Percent) 1 (8.33%) 25 (18%) 163 (22.54%)
Number Passing Within One Year 11 (91.67%)
Employment in Three Months 12 (100%)    

First Time Examinees for MLS Board of Certification
from the total population this cycle 2023

Program Hospitals National
Number of First Time Examinees 12 45 117
Mean Scales Score 526 547 508
Number Passing First Time (Percent) 11 (91.6%) 40 (89%) 97 (82.9%)
Number Failing First Time (Percent) 1 (8.3%) 5 (11%) 20 (17.09%)
Number Passing Within One Year 11 (91.6%)
Employment in Three Months 12 (100%)    

First Time Examinees for MLS Board of Certification
from the total population this cycle 2022

Program Hospitals National
Number of First Time Examinees 8 304 2,032
Mean Scales Score 495 499 467
Number Passing First Time (Percent) 7 (87.5%) 244 (80%) 1,486 (73.1%)
Number Failing First Time (Percent) 1 (12.5%) 60 (20%) 546 (26.87%)
Number Passing Within One Year 8 (100%)
Employment in Three Months 8 (100%)    

First Time Examinees for MLS Board of Certification
from the total population this cycle 2021

Program Hospitals National
Number of First Time Examinees 8 314 2,446
Mean Scales Score 487 527 469
Number Passing First Time (Percent) 7 (87.5%) 265 (84%) 1,768 (72.28%)
Number Failing First Time (Percent) 1 (12.5%) 49 (16%) 678 (27.72%)
Number Passing Within One Year 7 (87.5%)
Employment in Three Months 8 (100%)    

First Time Examinees for MLS Board of Certification
from the total population this cycle 2020

Program Hospitals National
Number of First Time Examinees 9 841 4,507
Mean Scales Score 481 527 484
Number Passing First Time (Percent) 8 (88.9%) 742 (88%) 3,470 (76.99%)
Number Failing First Time (Percent) 1 (11.1%) 99 (12%) 1,037 (23.01%)
Number Passing Within One Year 9 (100%)
Employment in Three Months 9 (100%)    

Graduation Attrition Rates

2024

  • 12 students began final half of the program
  • 12 students who began final half of program have since graduated, for a 100% graduation rate

2023

  • 12 students began final half of the program
  • 12 students who began final half of program have since graduated, for a 100% graduation rate

2022

  • 9 students began final half of the program
  • 8 students who began final half of program have since graduated, for a 89% graduation rate

2021

  • 8 students began final half of the program
  • 8 students who began final half of program have since graduated, for a 100% graduation rate

2020

  • 9 students began final half of the program
  • 9 students who began final half of program have since graduated, for a 100% graduation rate

Contact

For more information about the Medical Laboratory Science Program at NMMC, contact:

Cynthia Holman, MS, MLS(ASCP)
NMMC Medical Laboratory Science Program
Program Director
830 South Gloster Street
Tupelo, MS 38801

Phone: (662) 377-3080
cholman@nmhs.net