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2023 Best Value Optometric Support Services Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$47,031 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,766 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services School for You

Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services is the #318 most popular major in the country with 11 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Optometric Support Services Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the United States to see which programs offered the best value experiences for optometric support students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services Schools in the United States

Check out the optometric support programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Schools for Affordable Quality in Optometric Support Services

#1

Salus University

Elkins Park, PA

Our 2023 rankings named Salus University the best value school in the United States for ophthalmic and optometric support services students. Salus University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Elkins Park.

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The excellent programs at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best ophthalmic and optometric support services schools in the United States. Located in the city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UMN Twin Cities are $33,818 a year.

UMN Twin Cities excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Optometric Support Services Schools list.

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#3

Duke University

Durham, NC

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Duke University is a great value for ophthalmic and optometric support services students. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Durham.

Duke undergraduate students pay an average of $60,244 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Duke also is in the top 1% of our Best Optometric Support Services Schools ranking.

Read full report on Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services at Duke University

Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services is one of 29 different types of programs to choose from.

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Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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