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2023 Best Value Colleges for Optometry (Income $30-$48k) in California

1 Ranked Colleges
256 Degrees Awarded
$10,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Optometry Schools in California For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Optometry Schools in California For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking.

Optometry is the 194th most popular major in the country with 1,822 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, optometry graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $88,635 and had an average of $0 in loans still to pay off.

Across California, there were 256 optometry graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,054 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great optometry programs and cost less that 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 in California For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Optometry Schools in California For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Optometry Schools in California For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Optometry (Income $30-$48k) in California

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Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Optometry Schools in California For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Berkeley landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Berkeley, California, and it awarded 83 ’s optometry degrees in 2020-2021.

UC Berkeley did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Optometry Schools in California” list. The estimated yearly cost for UC Berkeley is $9,999 for California Optometry students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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