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2022 Best Value Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate

3 Ranked Colleges
45 Degrees Awarded
$31,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate

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 Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 45 optics/optical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 3 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree optics/optical sciences students.

Top 4 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Optics/Optical Sciences

#1

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico
#3 in overall quality

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 #1 for the Best Value Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate. This large school is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s optics/optical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNM, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Optics/Optical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UNM are $19,890.

Full UNM Optics/Optical Sciences Report

#1

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Charlotte, North Carolina
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Charlotte landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Charlotte, North Carolina, this large public school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s optics/optical sciences students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNC Charlotte, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Optics/Optical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. 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.

Read more about Optics/Optical Sciences at University of North Carolina at Charlotte

#2

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this large public school handed out 23 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s optics/optical sciences students in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Optics/Optical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arizona are $33,399, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Arizona Optics/Optical Sciences Report

#3

University of Rochester

Rochester, New York
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Rochester. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Optics/Optical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate. University of Rochester is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Rochester, New York. It awarded 11 doctorate’s optics/optical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Rochester also made our “Best Optics/Optical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Rochester are $50,505.

Read more about Optics/Optical Sciences at University of Rochester

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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