2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Optometric Support Schools for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services is the 274th most popular major in the country with 959 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, ophthalmic and optometric support services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $30,617 and had an average of $11,985 in loans still to pay off.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 11 ophthalmic and optometric support services graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality ophthalmic and optometric support services 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 ophthalmic and optometric support services program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The optometric support 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 Support Schools for a Master’s”.

In addition to College Factual’s rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Optometric Support Schools for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree optometric support students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services

#1

Salus University

Elkins Park, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$32,988 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Optometric Support Schools for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Salus University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 11 degrees to qualified masters’s optometric support students in 2019-2020.

Salus University also made our “Best Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Salus University are $32,988, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Salus University Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services Report

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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