We regret to inform you that the UW Cytotechnology Program will be discontinued after the 2023-2024 academic year and will not be accepting students for the upcoming 2024-2025 academic year. Please contact us at cyto@office365.wisc.edu with any questions.
Successful graduates of the 50-week Cytotechnology Program...
Receive Certificate
In the years 2020-2022, 88% of students who started our program completed a Cytotechnology Certificate from UW-Madison.
For 3+1 students at selected universities, your coursework credits transfer back to your home college or university in order for you to receive your degree.
Take the Certification Examination
Become an CT(ASCP) by passing the ASCP Board of Certification Examination. For the classes completing certificates from 2020 to 2022, 95% of students passed the exam, with 73% passing on their first attempt.
Start working as a cytotechnologist
For the classes completing certificates from 2020 to 2022, 88% of students were employed as cytotechnologists or related field.
Employment outlook:
Gainful Employment Act Disclosure
- Students have found jobs or continued medical graduate education in the following states and countries: Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico,North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Wisconsin, and Saudi Arabia
- Salaries vary by type of laboratory and region of the country.
- Our students averaged a starting, entry-level salary of $25.50/hour in the field of cytotechnology.
- For those in related fields, average salaries ranged between $17 and $30/hour.