2025 Best Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services Schools in the Southeast Region
4Colleges in the Southeast Region
248Optometric Support Degrees Awarded
$35,459Avg Early-Career Salary
Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services degree programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major ranks #278 out of the 395 majors we look at each year. While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.
College Factual reviewed 4 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of ophthalmic & optometric support services. Combined, these schools handed out 248 degrees in ophthalmic & optometric support services to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services School
The optometric support program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services rankings. For our Best Overall Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services Rankings by Degree Level
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Best Schools for Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services in the Southeast Region
The schools below may not offer all types of optometric support degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Southeast Region Schools in Optometric Support
Hillsborough Community College is a great choice for students interested in a degree in ophthalmic & optometric support services. HCC is a very large public college located in the large city of Tampa. A Best Colleges rank of #247 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means HCC is a great college overall.
There were about 47 ophthalmic & optometric support services students who graduated with this degree at HCC in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the ophthalmic & optometric support services program at Hillsborough Community College make $12,647 above the standard college graduate in this field shortly after graduation.
Every student who is interested in ophthalmic & optometric support services has to take a look at Broward College. Located in the city of Fort Lauderdale, BC is a public college with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #291 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means BC is a great college overall.
There were about 28 ophthalmic & optometric support services students who graduated with this degree at BC in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in ophthalmic & optometric support services has to check out Miami Dade College. MDC is a fairly large public college located in the large city of Miami. This college ranks 18th out of 70 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were roughly 10 ophthalmic & optometric support services students who graduated with this degree at MDC in the most recent data year. Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services degree recipients from Miami Dade College earn a boost of around $22,473 over the average income of ophthalmic & optometric support services majors.
Any student who is interested in ophthalmic & optometric support services has to look into Reynolds Community College. Reynolds Community College is a moderately-sized public college located in the large suburb of Richmond. This college ranks 43rd out of 57 colleges for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were about 16 ophthalmic & optometric support services 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 optometric support program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services rankings. For our Best Overall Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.