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2022 Best Value Optometric Technician/Assistant Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k

5 Ranked Colleges
63 Degrees Awarded
$5,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Optometric Technician/Assistant Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k

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 Optometric Technician/Assistant Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 216 people earned their degree in optometric technician/assistant, making the major the 1086th most popular in the United States.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 63 optometric technician/assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Optometric Technician/Assistant Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in optometric technician/assistant. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality optometric technician/assistant programs that also have a lower cost than 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 optometric technician/assistant program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The optometric technician/assistant school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Optometric Technician/Assistant Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Optometric Technician/Assistant Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree optometric technician/assistant students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Optometric Technician/Assistant (Income $0-$30k)

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hillsborough Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Optometric Technician/Assistant Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k list. HCC is a fairly large public school situated in Tampa, Florida. It awarded 1 associates’s optometric technician/assistant degrees in 2019-2020.

HCC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Optometric Technician/Assistant Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $3,203 for associate degree optometric technician/assistant students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Hillsborough Community College.

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#2

Moorpark College

Moorpark, California
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Moorpark College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Optometric Technician/Assistant Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k list. Moorpark College is a public institution located in Moorpark, California. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Moorpark College also took the #2 spot in our “Best Optometric Technician/Assistant Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Moorpark College is $320 for Associate Degree Optometric Technician/Assistant students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#3

St Philip's College

San Antonio, Texas
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St Philip’s College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Optometric Technician/Assistant Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in San Antonio, Texas, this fairly large public school handed out 9 diplomas to qualified associates’s optometric technician/assistant students in 2019-2020.

St Philip’s College also took the #4 spot in our “Best Optometric Technician/Assistant Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend St Philip’s College is $5,761 for associate degree optometric technician/assistant students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full St Philip’s College Optometric Technician/Assistant Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend San Jacinto Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Optometric Technician/Assistant Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k. San Jacinto Community College is a large school located in Pasadena, Texas that handed out 12 associates’s optometric technician/assistant degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at San Jacinto College, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Optometric Technician/Assistant Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $8,232 for Associate Degree Optometric Technician/Assistant students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend San Jacinto College.

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#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Optometric Technician/Assistant Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Inter American University of Puerto Rico - Ponce landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Mercedita, , this small private not-for-profit school handed out 27 degrees to qualified associates’s optometric technician/assistant students in 2019-2020.

Inter American University of Puerto Rico - Ponce not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Optometric Technician/Assistant Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $8,573 for associate degree optometric technician/assistant students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Inter American University of Puerto Rico - Ponce.

The low student loan default rate of 3.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full Inter American University of Puerto Rico - Ponce Optometric Technician/Assistant Report

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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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