2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Optometric Support Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 959 people earned their degree in ophthalmic and optometric support services, making the major the 274th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, ophthalmic and optometric support services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $30,617 and had an average of $11,985 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 110 ophthalmic and optometric support services graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,700 and $23,515 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 33 ophthalmic and optometric support services graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Optometric Support Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in ophthalmic and optometric support services. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality ophthalmic and optometric support services 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 and optometric support services 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 Optometric Support Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Optometric Support Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Optometric Support Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

St Philip's College

San Antonio, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$6,250 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Optometric Support Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, St Philip’s College landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in San Antonio, Texas, and it awarded 9 associates’s optometric support degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree optometric support students with aid list, St Philip’s College has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for St Philip’s College is $6,250 for southwest region associate degree optometric support students with aid.

Read more about Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services at St Philip’s College

#2

San Jacinto Community College

Pasadena, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$8,692 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Jacinto Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Optometric Support Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. San Jacinto College is located in Pasadena, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 associates’s optometric support degrees to qualified students.

San Jacinto College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend San Jacinto College is $8,692 for southwest region associate degree optometric support students with aid.

Read full report on Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services at San Jacinto College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services (With Aid)

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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