2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Optical Enginering (Income $75-$110k)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Optical Enginering Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 132 people earned their degree in optical enginering, making the major the 940th most popular in the United States.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 45 optical enginering graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Optical Enginering Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in optical enginering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality optical enginering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the optical enginering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Optical Enginering Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Optical Enginering Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k

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

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Optical Enginering (Income $75-$110k)

#1

University of Central Florida

Orlando, Florida

#2 in overall quality

$28,657 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Optical Enginering Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Florida landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Orlando, Florida, this large public school handed out 31 degrees to qualified masters’s optical enginering students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our master’s degree optical enginering students whose families make $75-$110k list, UCF has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Optical Enginering Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCF are $28,657, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Central Florida Optical Enginering Report

#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 Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k list. UDayton is located in Dayton, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 masters’s optical enginering degrees to qualified students.

UDayton did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Optical Enginering Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Dayton are $17,780, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Optical Enginering at UDayton

#3

Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology

Terre Haute, Indiana

$50,379 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Optical Enginering Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology landed the #3 spot on the list. Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology is a small school located in Terre Haute, Indiana that handed out 3 masters’s optical enginering degrees in 2019-2020.

Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology also made our “Best Optical Enginering Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #0. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology are $50,379.

Read full report on Optical Enginering at Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology

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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