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2024 Best Value Colleges for Optometry in Pennsylvania

1 Ranked Colleges
166 Degrees Awarded
Best Value Optometry Schools in Pennsylvania

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Optometry Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2020-2021, 1,822 people earned their degree in optometry, making the major the 194th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, optometry graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $88,635 and had an average of $0 in loans still to pay off.

Across Pennsylvania, there were 166 optometry graduates with average earnings and debt of $97,412 and $0 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent optometry programs, but they also cost less that 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 in Pennsylvania

The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania optometry students.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Optometry in Pennsylvania

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Salus University
Elkins Park, Pennsylvania

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Optometry Schools in Pennsylvania 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 166 diplomas to qualified ’s optometry students in 2020-2021.

Salus University also took the #1 spot in our “Best Optometry Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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