2022 Best Value Ophthalmic Laboratory Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Ophthalmic Laboratory Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid” 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.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent ophthalmic laboratory technology/technician programs, but they also cost less that 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Ophthalmic Laboratory Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Ophthalmic Laboratory Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree ophthalmic laboratory technology/technician students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Ophthalmic Laboratory Technology/Technician (With Aid)

#1

Southwest University at El Paso

El Paso, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$17,814 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southwest University at El Paso. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Ophthalmic Laboratory Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid. Southwest University at El Paso is a private for-profit institution located in El Paso, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Southwest University at El Paso did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Ophthalmic Laboratory Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Southwest University at El Paso is $17,814 for associate degree ophthalmic laboratory technology/technician students with aid.

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 school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 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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