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

9 Ranked Colleges
84 Degrees Awarded
$6,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Ophthalmic Technician/Technologist 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 was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Ophthalmic Technician/Technologist Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Ophthalmic Technician/Technologist is the 932nd most popular major in the country with 205 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 84 ophthalmic technician/technologist graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Ophthalmic Technician/Technologist Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in ophthalmic technician/technologist. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great ophthalmic technician/technologist programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the ophthalmic technician/technologist program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Ophthalmic Technician/Technologist Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 9 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Ophthalmic Technician/Technologist (Income $0-$30k)

#1

Triton College

River Grove, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Triton College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Ophthalmic Technician/Technologist Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k list. Triton College is a medium-sized public school situated in River Grove, Illinois. It awarded 16 associates’s ophthalmic technician/technologist degrees in 2019-2020.

Triton College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Ophthalmic Technician/Technologist Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Triton College is $4,546 for associate degree ophthalmic technician/technologist students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#2

Henry Ford College

Dearborn, Michigan
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Henry Ford College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Ophthalmic Technician/Technologist Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k list. Dearborn, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s ophthalmic technician/technologist degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.

Henry Ford College also took the #3 spot in our “Best Ophthalmic Technician/Technologist Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $2,460 for associate degree ophthalmic technician/technologist students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Henry Ford College.

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#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida State College at Jacksonville. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Ophthalmic Technician/Technologist Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k list. FSCJ is a large school located in Jacksonville, Florida that handed out 2 associates’s ophthalmic technician/technologist degrees in 2019-2020.

FSCJ not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Ophthalmic Technician/Technologist Associate Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for FSCJ is $2,126 for Associate Degree Ophthalmic Technician/Technologist students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#4

Central Piedmont Community College

Charlotte, North Carolina
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Piedmont Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Ophthalmic Technician/Technologist Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k list. Central Piedmont Community College is located in Charlotte, North Carolina and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 associates’s ophthalmic technician/technologist degrees to qualified students.

Central Piedmont Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Ophthalmic Technician/Technologist Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Central Piedmont Community College is $5,937 for associate degree ophthalmic technician/technologist students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#5

Palm Beach State College

Lake Worth, Florida
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Ophthalmic Technician/Technologist Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Palm Beach State College landed the #5 spot on the list. Palm Beach State College is a public institution located in Lake Worth, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 12 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Palm Beach State College also took the #2 spot in our “Best Ophthalmic Technician/Technologist Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Palm Beach State College is $1,594 for Associate Degree Ophthalmic Technician/Technologist students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#5 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Volunteer State Community College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Ophthalmic Technician/Technologist Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k list. This medium-sized school is located in Gallatin, Tennessee, and it awarded 9 associates’s ophthalmic technician/technologist degrees in 2019-2020.

VSCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Ophthalmic Technician/Technologist Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $6,368 for associate degree ophthalmic technician/technologist students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Volunteer State Community College.

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#7

Renton Technical College

Renton, Washington
#6 in overall quality

Renton Technical College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Ophthalmic Technician/Technologist Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Located in Renton, Washington, this small public school awarded 6 degrees to qualified associates’s ophthalmic technician/technologist students in 2019-2020.

Renton Technical College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Ophthalmic Technician/Technologist Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Renton Technical College is $7,031 for Associate Degree Ophthalmic Technician/Technologist students whose families make $0-$30k.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

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#8

Stark State College

North Canton, Ohio
#9 in overall quality

Stark State College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Ophthalmic Technician/Technologist Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #8. North Canton, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s ophthalmic technician/technologist degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our associate degree ophthalmic technician/technologist students whose families make $0-$30k list, Stark State College has also earned the #9 rank in our “Best Ophthalmic Technician/Technologist Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Stark State College is $6,491 for associate degree ophthalmic technician/technologist students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#10 in overall quality

Pima Medical Institute - Denver did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Ophthalmic Technician/Technologist Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #9. Located in Denver, Colorado, this small private for-profit school handed out 9 degrees to qualified associates’s ophthalmic technician/technologist students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at PMI Denver, the school also landed the #10 spot in our “Best Ophthalmic Technician/Technologist Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend PMI Denver is $23,059 for Associate Degree Ophthalmic Technician/Technologist students whose families make $0-$30k.

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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%.

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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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