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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Optometry (Income $48-$75k) in Florida

1 Ranked Colleges
87 Degrees Awarded
$22,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Optometry Schools for a Doctorate in Florida For Those Making $48-$75k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Optometry Schools for a Doctorate in Florida For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,666 people earned their degree in optometry, making the major the 310th most popular in the United States.

Across Florida, there were 87 optometry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 87 optometry graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,671 and $120,169 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality optometry programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the optometry program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Value Optometry Schools for a Doctorate in Florida For Those Making $48-$75k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Optometry Schools for a Doctorate in Florida For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Optometry Schools for a Doctorate in Florida For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Optometry (Income $48-$75k) in Florida

#1

Nova Southeastern University

Fort Lauderdale, Florida
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Nova Southeastern University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Optometry Schools for a Doctorate in Florida For Those Making $48-$75k list. This large school is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and it awarded 87 doctorate’s optometry degrees in 2019-2020.

NUS Florida also took the #1 spot in our “Best Optometry Doctor’s Degree Schools in Florida” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Nova Southeastern University are $22,242, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Optometry at Nova Southeastern University

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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