2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Optics/Optical Sciences (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 189 people earned their degree in optics/optical sciences, making the major the 783rd most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 11 optics/optical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 7 optics/optical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in optics/optical sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality optics/optical sciences programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

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

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Best Value Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree optics/optical sciences students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Optics/Optical Sciences (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Charlotte, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$21,055 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Charlotte. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Charlotte, North Carolina, this large public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified masters’s optics/optical sciences students in 2019-2020.

UNC Charlotte did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Optics/Optical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Carolina at Charlotte are $21,055, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of North Carolina at Charlotte Optics/Optical Sciences Report

#2

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina

$23,246 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clemson University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Clemson University is a large public school situated in Clemson, South Carolina. It awarded 1 masters’s optics/optical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Clemson also made our “Best Optics/Optical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #0. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Clemson University are $23,246.

Full Clemson Optics/Optical Sciences Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Optics/Optical Sciences (Income $0-$30k)

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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