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2023 Best Value Optometry Schools in California

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$14,226 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$73,054 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Optometry School for You

In 2020-2021, 256 degrees and certificates were awarded to optometry students who went to a California college or university. This makes it the #75 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Best Value Optometry Schools in California ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in California to see which programs offered the best value experiences for optometry 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Optometry Schools in California

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

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality in Optometry

$14,226 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of California - Berkeley the best value school in California for optometry students. Located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public college with a very large student population.

UC Berkeley undergraduate students pay an average of $14,226 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UC Berkeley also made our Best Optometry Schools in California list, coming in at #3.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western University of Health Sciences. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Optometry Schools in California list. Western University of Health Sciences is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Pomona.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Marshall B Ketchum University is a great value for optometry students. Located in the suburb of Fullerton, MBKU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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Best Value Optometry Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Optometry Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Oregon 88

Optometry is one of 29 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 66,964
Medicine 28,629
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 24,774
Public Health 19,473
Health & Medical Administrative Services 17,335

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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