2022 Best Value Optometry Schools for a Doctorate in Arizona
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 Optometry Schools for a Doctorate in Arizona” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2019-2020, 1,666 people earned their degree in optometry, making the major the 193rd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, optometry graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $83,824 and had an average of $167,326 in loans still to pay off.
Across Arizona, there were 52 optometry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 52 optometry graduates with average earnings and debt of $69,933 and $83,266 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great optometry programs and cost less that 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 optometry program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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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 Arizona”.
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Best Value Optometry Schools for a Doctorate in Arizona
The colleges and universities below are the best for arizona doctor’s degree optometry students.
Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Optometry in Arizona
Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Optometry Schools for a Doctorate in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, Midwestern University - Glendale landed the #1 spot on the list. Midwestern University - Glendale is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Glendale, Arizona. It awarded 52 doctorate’s optometry degrees in 2019-2020.
Midwestern University - Glendale did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Optometry Doctor’s Degree Schools in Arizona” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Midwestern University - Glendale are $47,512.
Read more about Optometry at Midwestern University - Glendale
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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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