2024 Best Optical Enginering Master's Degree Schools
2Colleges in the United States
46Master's Degrees
When it comes to popularity, a master's degree in optical enginering sits in the middle of the road, ranking #673 out of 1172 majors in the country. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Optical Enginering Master's Degree Schools ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 46 master's degrees in optical enginering to qualified students.
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on optical enginering students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other optical enginering students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized optical enginering related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for optical enginering students working on their master's degree.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Optical Enginering Master's Degree Schools list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Learn about start dates, transferring credits, availability of financial aid, and more by contacting the universities below.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).