2022 Best Value Ophthalmic Laboratory Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Ophthalmic Laboratory Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 63 people earned their degree in ophthalmic laboratory technology/technician, making the major the 1350th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 4 ophthalmic laboratory technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 4 ophthalmic laboratory technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality ophthalmic laboratory technology/technician 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 ophthalmic laboratory technology/technician program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Ophthalmic Laboratory Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Ophthalmic Laboratory Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Ophthalmic Laboratory Technology/Technician in the Southwest Region

#1

Southwest University at El Paso

El Paso, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$17,814 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Ophthalmic Laboratory Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southwest University at El Paso landed the #1 spot on the list. 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.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree ophthalmic laboratory technology/technician students list, Southwest University at El Paso has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Ophthalmic Laboratory Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Southwest University at El Paso is $17,814 for Southwest Region 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 full report on Ophthalmic Laboratory Technology/Technician at Southwest University at El Paso

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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

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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