2022 Best Value Colleges for Ophthalmic Laboratory Technology/Technician in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Ophthalmic Laboratory Technology/Technician Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Ophthalmic Laboratory Technology/Technician Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Ophthalmic Laboratory Technology/Technician in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

Southwest University at El Paso

El Paso, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$17,814 Average Net Price

$22,522 Average Early-Career Earnings

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 in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. Southwest University at El Paso is located in El Paso, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 ’s ophthalmic laboratory technology/technician degrees to qualified students.

Southwest University at El Paso also made our “Best Ophthalmic Laboratory Technology/Technician Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $17,814 for southwest region ophthalmic laboratory technology/technician students with aid per year to attend Southwest University at El Paso.

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

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

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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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