2022 Best Value Ophthalmic Laboratory Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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 in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Ophthalmic Laboratory Technology/Technician is the 1350th most popular major in the country with 63 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 4 ophthalmic laboratory technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 4 ophthalmic laboratory technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality ophthalmic laboratory technology/technician programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the ophthalmic laboratory technology/technician program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Ophthalmic Laboratory Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Ophthalmic Laboratory Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Ophthalmic Laboratory Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Ophthalmic Laboratory Technology/Technician (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Southwest University at El Paso

El Paso, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$19,336 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Ophthalmic Laboratory Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k 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 in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $19,336 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Ophthalmic Laboratory Technology/Technician students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Southwest University at El Paso.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Ophthalmic Laboratory Technology/Technician (Income $48-$75k)

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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