Opticianry/Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #682 in popularity out of 1506 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Opticianry/Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 142 degrees in opticianry/ophthalmic dispensing optician annually.
Choosing a Great Opticianry/Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician School
The opticianry/ophthalmic dispensing optician program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Opticianry/Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician rankings. We derive our Best Overall Opticianry/Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Pick Your Opticianry/Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician Degree Level
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Opticianry/Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician Schools in the Southeast Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Opticianry/Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician in the Southeast Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the opticianry/ophthalmic dispensing optician degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Southeast Region Schools in Opticianry/Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician
Any student pursuing a degree in opticianry/ophthalmic dispensing optician needs to look into Hillsborough Community College. Located in the large city of Tampa, HCC is a public college with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #247 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means HCC is a great college overall.
There were roughly 46 opticianry/ophthalmic dispensing optician students who graduated with this degree at HCC in the most recent year we have data available.
Broward College is a good choice for students interested in a degree in opticianry/ophthalmic dispensing optician. BC is a very large public college located in the medium-sized city of Fort Lauderdale. A Best Colleges rank of #291 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means BC is a great college overall.
There were approximately 12 opticianry/ophthalmic dispensing optician students who graduated with this degree at BC in the most recent data year.
Miami Dade College is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in opticianry/ophthalmic dispensing optician. Located in the city of Miami, MDC is a public college with a fairly large student population. This college ranks 18th out of 70 schools for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were roughly 10 opticianry/ophthalmic dispensing optician students who graduated with this degree at MDC in the most recent data year.
Reynolds Community College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in opticianry/ophthalmic dispensing optician. Located in the suburb of Richmond, Reynolds Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. This college ranks 43rd out of 57 colleges for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were roughly 16 opticianry/ophthalmic dispensing optician students who graduated with this degree at Reynolds Community College in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
The opticianry/ophthalmic dispensing optician program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Opticianry/Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician rankings. We derive our Best Overall Opticianry/Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.