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2023 Best Value Optometry Schools in the Plains States Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$0 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$88,537 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Optometry School for You

Optometry is the #98 most popular major in the country with 1,822 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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 the Plains States Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision.

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. 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.

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

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Optometry Colleges.

Best Optometry School

$30,570 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Missouri - St Louis to be the best value school for optometry students who want to pursue a degree in the Plains States Region . Located in the suburb of Saint Louis, UMSL is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UMSL undergraduate students pay an average of $30,570 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Optometry at University of Missouri - St Louis

Best Optometry Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 47

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

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Related Major Annual Graduates
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Notes and References

*These values are for the top school 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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