CCCLW

• 81,000 to replace retirees; 68,000 for new positions
• There has been a 67% drop in new CLS/MT graduates since 1977
• 6,519 graduates in 1977; 2,141 in 2005 
• 40% of the current workers will retire in 10 years
• There has been a 71% decline in the number of accredited training programs since 1975.
• 770 NACCLS accredited programs in 1975; 222 in 2007
• Average age of current workforce is 49.2 years

 

From the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs

               (CAAHEP)

           Cytotechnology Programs are accredited by the

           Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP)

            38 accredited programs:  36 active programs; 2 inactive