2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Optics/Optical Sciences (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Optics/Optical Sciences is the 783rd most popular major in the country with 189 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 116 optics/optical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 51 optics/optical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in optics/optical sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent optics/optical sciences programs, but they also 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 optics/optical sciences program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree optics/optical sciences students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Optics/Optical Sciences (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$33,399 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Tucson, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s optics/optical sciences degrees to 43 students in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Optics/Optical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arizona are $33,399, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Arizona Optics/Optical Sciences Report

#2

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

$19,890 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this large public school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified masters’s optics/optical sciences students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNM, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Optics/Optical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UNM are $19,890.

Read full report on Optics/Optical Sciences at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Optics/Optical Sciences (Income $75-$110k)

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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