2027 Best Value Optical Enginering Schools in the Southeast Region
[Optical Enginering](/majors/engineering/ee-electrical-engineering/laser-optical-engineering/) degree programs vary widely in price and payoff across the country. The best values balance affordable tuition against strong post-graduation earnings.
College Factual analyzed 1 schools to build this 2027 ranking of the best value optical enginering schools.
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2027 Best Value Optical Enginering Schools in the Southeast Region
If you want to know which schools deliver the best value for the optical enginering degrees they offer, see the list below.
Best Value Optical Enginering Schools
University Of Central Florida tops our 2027 list of the best value optical enginering schools in the Southeast Region. Set in the suburb of Orlando, University Of Central Florida is a very large public institution. Students from in state pay about $6,368 in tuition and fees, with out-of-state students paying around $22,467. Students borrow a median of $26,880 to complete the optical enginering program here. Early-career optical enginering graduates make about $87,042. That is a strong return on a $26,880 median debt. Roughly 40% of applicants are accepted.
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Notes and References
This list is compiled by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2027 edition. Schools are scored on the balance of cost (tuition and student debt) against student outcomes (post-graduation earnings) — a measure of return on investment, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 1 school evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the one ranked school only.
- 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).
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