2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Laser & Optical Technology in the Southwest Region
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In 2020-2021, 181 people earned their degree in laser and optical technology/technician, making the major the 1025th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 4 laser and optical technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1 laser and optical technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,810 and $18,681 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Laser and Optical Tech Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in laser and optical technology/technician. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their laser and optical technology/technician program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Laser and Optical Tech Major in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Laser and Optical Tech Major in the Southwest Region”.
Top 4 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Laser & Optical Technology in the Southwest Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwest Vista College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Laser and Optical Tech Major in the Southwest Region list. Northwest Vista College is a fairly large school located in San Antonio, Texas that handed out 1 associates’s laser and optical techn degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Laser & Optical Technology at Northwest Vista College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pima Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Laser and Optical Tech Major in the Southwest Region list. Pima County Community College District is located in Tucson, Arizona and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 associates’s laser and optical techn degrees to qualified students.
Read more about Laser & Optical Technology at Pima County Community College District
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Laser and Optical Tech Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Central New Mexico Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. CNM is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 associates’s laser and optical techn degrees to qualified students.
Full CNM Laser & Optical Technology Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Laser and Optical Tech Major in the Southwest Region list. Texas State Technical College is a fairly large school located in Waco, Texas that handed out 0 associates’s laser and optical techn degrees in 2020-2021.
Full TSTC Laser & Optical Technology Report
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.