2022 Best Value Ophthalmic Laboratory Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate

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Ophthalmic Laboratory Technology/Technician is the 1350th most popular major in the country with 63 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 4 ophthalmic laboratory technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great ophthalmic laboratory 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 ophthalmic laboratory technology/technician program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Ophthalmic Laboratory Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree ophthalmic laboratory technology/technician students.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Ophthalmic Laboratory Technology/Technician

#1

Southwest University at El Paso

El Paso, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$17,814 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southwest University at El Paso. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Ophthalmic Laboratory Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate. Southwest University at El Paso is a small school located in El Paso, Texas that handed out 4 associates’s ophthalmic laboratory technology/technician degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Southwest University at El Paso, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Ophthalmic Laboratory Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Southwest University at El Paso is $17,814 for Associate Degree Ophthalmic Laboratory Technology/Technician students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Ophthalmic Laboratory Technology/Technician at Southwest University at El Paso

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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