Associate of Applied Science - Histotechnician

Program Highlights • SUNY Cobleskill offers the only accredited degree-granting Histotechnician program in the state of New York. The program is also the first of its kind in the entire United States. • Hands-on experience during the required Clinical Rotation in an Affiliated Hospital • Instruction by highly professional faculty members, including those with national certification in Histotechnology • Use of a dedicated state-of-the-art Histotechnology lab • 100% pass rate on national certification exam (2016 to 2019) • Graduates are eligible for national certification by the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) and for New York State Licensure. ASCP certification is used to evaluate competency in the field; most states do not license laboratory practitioners. As of November 2009, 11 states and one territory license laboratory personnel. These include: California, Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana, Montana, Nevada, New York, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Puerto Rico. The state of Georgia does not license laboratory personnel but does specify personnel requirements that are more stringent than those required by the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA). Certification is utilized by every state that licenses laboratory personnel to assess the initial competency of licensure candidates.