2022 Best Value Ophthalmic Laboratory Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Ophthalmic Laboratory Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 63 people earned their degree in ophthalmic laboratory technology/technician, making the major the 1350th most popular in the United States.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 4 ophthalmic laboratory technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great ophthalmic laboratory technology/technician programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the ophthalmic laboratory technology/technician program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Ophthalmic Laboratory Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree ophthalmic laboratory technology/technician students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Ophthalmic Laboratory Technology/Technician (Income $0-$30k)

#1

Southwest University at El Paso

El Paso, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$17,605 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Ophthalmic Laboratory Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southwest University at El Paso landed the #1 spot on the list. Southwest University at El Paso is a small private for-profit school situated in El Paso, Texas. It awarded 4 associates’s ophthalmic laboratory technology/technician degrees in 2019-2020.

Southwest University at El Paso not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Ophthalmic Laboratory Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Southwest University at El Paso is $17,605 for associate degree ophthalmic laboratory technology/technician students whose families make $0-$30k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The low student loan default rate of 4.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Ophthalmic Laboratory Technology/Technician at Southwest University at El Paso

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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