clinical lab scientist vs physical therapist?
I’m a sophomore at a California State University. Kinesiology is my current major and I am thinking about becoming a PT. I also am very interested in clinical lab science. Getting a doctorate in physical therapy would take me 7-8 years, while clinical lab science would take 5. I have been researching the salary and it seems CLS make just as much as PT, but this doesn’t seem to make sense! Is anyone a CLS or PT who could tell me what the pay range is? If they get paid the same, then I will switch my major to biology and become a CLS because the thought of 8 years of college is daunting! any advice appreciated!
I’m interested in both equally…have shadowed both
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Answer by queen_of_soul
Maybe things are different in California, but I am in Pa and I would say that PTs make considerably more than a CLS. PT school is very tough to get in to here. I am a CLS. Go for the PT if you can.
Yeah, I know a lot of CLS who make millions…puhleeeease!
I didn’t mean to provide you with a negative answer regarding CLS. I’m sure there are some nice oppurtunites here and there and the pay may be better in your region than in mine. I can only tell you that if I had to do it over again, I would choose something else. The work is really not very interesting and you tend to get stuck working lousy hours, lots of weekends and holidays, offshifts etc.
Just my humble opinion.
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Pay rate should not be your deciding factor. You could make millions doing either if you’re smart about it. Ask yourself what makes you happy and what you want to do. If you love working with people and being hands on, then do the PT. If you love looking in a microscope and playing with pee and blood and other highly contagious body fluids, then do the CLS.
If you do it for the money now, what happens when that particular market is flooded and your pay goes down…? Will you go back to school?
Will technology be able to replace you someday?