by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Opticianry/Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services is a major offered under the health professions program of study at Georgia Piedmont Technical College. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the associate degree program in optometric support, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at Georgia Piedmont Technical College paid an average of $200 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $100 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $2,400 | $4,800 |
| Fees | $778 | $778 |
| Books and Supplies | $750 | $750 |
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Online degrees for the Georgia Piedmont Technical College optometric support associate degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Georgia Piedmont Technical College Online Learning page.
Women made up around 80.0% of the optometric support students who took home an associate degree in 2019-2020. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 79.0%.
Of those students who received an associate degree in optometric support at Georgia Piedmont Technical College in 2019-2020, all were racial-ethnic minorities*.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 5 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 0 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Opticianry/Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician | 5 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to ophthalmic and optometric support services.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 7 |
| Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 3 |
| Allied Health Professions | 2 |
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science | 13 |
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*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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