2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Optics/Optical Sciences (Income $0-$30k)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Optics/Optical Sciences is the 783rd most popular major in the country with 189 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 20 optics/optical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent optics/optical sciences programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the optics/optical sciences program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree optics/optical sciences students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Optics/Optical Sciences (Income $0-$30k)

#1

EDIC College

Caguas, <nil>

#1 in overall quality

$4,578 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, EDIC College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Caguas, , this small private for-profit school awarded 20 diplomas to qualified associates’s optics/optical sciences students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at EDIC College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Optics/Optical Sciences Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend EDIC College is $4,578 for Associate Degree Optics/Optical Sciences students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read more about Optics/Optical Sciences at EDIC College

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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