“This donor’s selfless generosity will allow us to reduce the debt burden for our students and attract more young people to the field,” said the CEO of UW Medicine
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- An anonymous donor gave approximately $50 million to be put toward the University of Washington’s Medical Laboratory Science Program
- The money would help pay for the tuition of students enrolled in the UW’s Medical Laboratory Science Program’s senior-year clinical rotations and will also “help expand enrollment to 100 students over the next ten years”
- Students in this field will go on to perform patient lab tests at hospitals and clinics and for public health agencies and conduct research in academic and commercial laboratories, among other jobs
Some students at the University of Washington will now have their tuition covered — and it’s all thanks to an anonymous donor.
The University of Washington announced in a press release earlier this month that the donor’s approximately $50 million donation will help pay for undergraduate students enrolled in the UW’s Medical Laboratory Science Program, covering their senior-year tuition for their clinical rotations.
According to the school, the donation will be put toward the tuition of in-state students — which costs between $4,000-$5,000 — for all medical laboratory science seniors. There are currently 70 students in the program, including 35 who have begun their senior-year clinical rotations…