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2024 Best Value Optometry Schools in Missouri

1 Ranked Colleges
47 Degrees Awarded
$12,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Optometry Schools in Missouri

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Optometry Schools in Missouri” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Missouri, there were 47 optometry graduates with average earnings and debt of $88,537 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality optometry 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 optometry program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Optometry Schools in Missouri

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Optometry Schools in Missouri.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Optometry in Missouri

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University of Missouri - St Louis
Saint Louis, Missouri

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Optometry Schools in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - St Louis landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Missouri - St Louis is a fairly large public school situated in Saint Louis, Missouri. It awarded 47 ’s optometry degrees in 2020-2021.

UMSL also took the #1 spot in our “Best Optometry Schools in Missouri” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Missouri - St Louis is $12,232 for Missouri Optometry students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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