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2022 Best Value Laser and Optical Tech Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region

1 Ranked Colleges
5 Degrees Awarded
$5,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Laser and Optical Tech Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Laser and Optical Tech Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 16 laser and optical technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 5 laser and optical technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,508 and $17,812 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great laser and optical technology/technician programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the laser and optical technology/technician program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Laser and Optical Tech Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Laser and Optical Tech Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Laser and Optical Tech Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Laser & Optical Technology in the Great Lakes Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cincinnati State Technical and Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Laser and Optical Tech Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region list. Cincinnati, Ohio is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s laser and optical techn degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Cincinnati State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Laser & Optical Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Cincinnati State Technical and Community College is $5,469 for great lakes region associate degree laser and optical tech students.

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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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