2025 Best Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services Schools in the Far Western US Region
3Colleges in the Far Western US Region
204Optometric Support Degrees Awarded
$35,459Avg Early-Career Salary
You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a degree in ophthalmic & optometric support services. It is ranked #278 out of 395 major degree programs in terms of popularity. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the Far Western US Region to determine which ones were the best for ophthalmic & optometric support services students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 204 degrees in ophthalmic & optometric support services to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services School
Your choice of ophthalmic & optometric support services school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for ophthalmic & optometric support services schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Pick Your Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services Degree Level
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services Schools in the Far Western US Region list to help you make the college decision.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Best Schools for Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services in the Far Western US 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 optometric support degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Far Western US Region Schools in Optometric Support
It is hard to beat College of Southern Nevada if you wish to pursue a degree in ophthalmic & optometric support services. CSN is a very large public college located in the large city of Las Vegas. This college ranks 3rd out of 8 colleges for overall quality in the state of Nevada.
There were about 74 ophthalmic & optometric support services students who graduated with this degree at CSN in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in ophthalmic & optometric support services needs to look into Pacific University. Located in the large suburb of Forest Grove, Pacific is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 6th out of 29 colleges for overall quality in the state of Oregon.
There were approximately 8 ophthalmic & optometric support services students who graduated with this degree at Pacific in the most recent data year.
Portland Community College is a wonderful decision for students interested in a degree in ophthalmic & optometric support services. Located in the city of Portland, Portland Community College is a public college with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #381 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Portland Community College is a great college overall.
There were about 31 ophthalmic & optometric support services students who graduated with this degree at Portland Community College in the most recent data year.
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).
Your choice of ophthalmic & optometric support services school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for ophthalmic & optometric support services schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
