2022 Best Value Optical Enginering Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Optical Enginering Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Optical Enginering is the 940th most popular major in the country with 132 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 29 optical enginering graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Optical Enginering Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in optical enginering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great optical enginering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the optical enginering 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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Best Value Optical Enginering Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree optical enginering students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Optical Enginering (Income $75-$110k)

#1

University of Central Florida

Orlando, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$28,657 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Optical Enginering Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Florida landed the #1 spot on the list. Orlando, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s optical enginering degrees to 22 students in 2019-2020.

UCF also made our “Best Optical Enginering Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Central Florida are $28,657, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Optical Enginering at UCF

#2

University of Dayton

Dayton, Ohio

#1 in overall quality

$17,780 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Dayton. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Optical Enginering Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $75-$110k list. Dayton, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s optical enginering degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UDayton, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Optical Enginering Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Dayton are $17,780, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Dayton Optical Enginering Report

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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