2022 Best Value Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” 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.

Across the Southeast region, there were 11 optics/optical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 optics/optical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great optics/optical sciences 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 optics/optical sciences program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree optics/optical sciences students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Optics/Optical Sciences in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Charlotte, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$21,055 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Charlotte landed the #1 spot on the list. Charlotte, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s optics/optical sciences degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

UNC Charlotte did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Optics/Optical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNC Charlotte are $21,055, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Optics/Optical Sciences at UNC Charlotte

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Optics/Optical Sciences (With Aid)

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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