2023 Best Value Optometry Schools in Texas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best Optometry School for You

With 169 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, optometry is the #81 most popular major in Texas.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Optometry Schools in Texas ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Texas 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Optometry Schools in Texas

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Optometry Colleges.

Best Texas Schools for Affordable Quality in Optometry

#1

University of Houston

Houston, TX

105 Degrees

#11 in Quality in Texas

$9,699 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Houston the best value school in Texas for optometry students. Located in the city of Houston, UH is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UH are $9,699 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UH also is in the top 20% of our Best Optometry Schools in Texas ranking.

Full Optometry at University of Houston Report

#2

University of the Incarnate Word

San Antonio, TX

64 Degrees

#23 in Quality in Texas

$33,100 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of the Incarnate Word is a great value for optometry students. Located in the city of San Antonio, UIW is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

UIW undergraduate students pay an average of $33,100 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Optometry at University of the Incarnate Word Report

Best Value Optometry Colleges in the Southwest Region

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Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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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