2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Optometry in the Southeast Region

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

Across the Southeast region, there were 293 optometry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 293 optometry graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Optometry Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in optometry. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality optometry 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 optometry program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Optometry Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Optometry Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Optometry in the Southeast Region

#1

University of Pikeville

Pikeville, Kentucky

#3 in overall quality

$8,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Pikeville. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Optometry Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region. UPIKE is a small school located in Pikeville, Kentucky that handed out 36 doctorate’s optometry degrees in 2019-2020.

UPIKE also took the #3 spot in our “Best Optometry Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UPIKE are $8,100, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Optometry at University of Pikeville

#2

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama

#1 in overall quality

$19,188 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Optometry Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alabama at Birmingham landed the #2 spot on the list. Birmingham, Alabama is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s optometry degrees to 41 students in 2019-2020.

UAB also took the #1 spot in our “Best Optometry Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UAB are $19,188.

Full University of Alabama at Birmingham Optometry Report

#3

Nova Southeastern University

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

#2 in overall quality

$22,242 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Optometry Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Nova Southeastern University landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and it awarded 87 doctorate’s optometry degrees in 2019-2020.

NUS Florida also made our “Best Optometry Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at NUS Florida are $22,242.

Read full report on Optometry at NUS Florida

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Optometry

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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