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2022 Best Value Laser and Optical Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

1 Ranked Colleges
4 Degrees Awarded
$8,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Laser and Optical Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Laser and Optical Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Laser & Optical Technology is the 994th most popular major in the country with 153 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 11 laser and optical technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 4 laser and optical technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality laser and optical technology/technician programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the laser and optical technology/technician 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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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 Laser and Optical Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Laser and Optical Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Laser and Optical Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Laser & Optical Technology (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State Technical College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Laser and Optical Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Waco, Texas, this fairly large public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified associates’s laser and optical techn students in 2019-2020.

TSTC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Laser & Optical Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Texas State Technical College is $8,535 for southwest region associate degree laser and optical tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Laser & Optical Technology at Texas State Technical College

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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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