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2022 Best Value Optometry Schools for a Doctorate in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k

1 Ranked Colleges
46 Degrees Awarded
$30,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Optometry Schools for a Doctorate in Missouri 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. 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 Optometry Schools for a Doctorate in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,666 people earned their degree in optometry, making the major the 310th most popular in the United States.

Across Missouri, there were 46 optometry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 46 optometry graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,755 and $111,628 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great optometry programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the optometry program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

More Ways to Rank Optometry Schools

The optometry 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 Optometry Schools for a Doctorate in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Optometry Schools for a Doctorate in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for missouri doctor’s degree optometry students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Optometry (Income $0-$30k) in Missouri

#1

University of Missouri - St Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Optometry Schools for a Doctorate in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - St Louis landed the #1 spot on the list. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s optometry degrees to 46 students in 2019-2020.

UMSL also took the #1 spot in our “Best Optometry Doctor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Missouri - St Louis are $30,154, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Optometry at University of Missouri - St Louis

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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