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2023 Best Value Optometric Support Services Associate Degree Schools

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

34 Colleges
$8,656 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$38,604 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services Associate Degree School for You

Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services is the #45 most popular major in the country with 817 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which trade school program is right for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Best Value Optometric Support Services Associate Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 34 schools in the United States to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for optometric support students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services Associate Degree Schools in the United States

Check out the optometric support associate degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services Associate Degree Schools

#1

Camden County College

Blackwood, NJ

Our analysis found Camden County College to be the best value school for ophthalmic & optometric support services students who want to pursue a associate degree in the United States. Camden County College is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Blackwood.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Camden County College are $3,744 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend San Jacinto Community College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Optometric Support Services Associate Degree Schools list. San Jacinto College is a very large public school located in the suburb of Pasadena.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at San Jacinto College are $5,040 per year.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Raritan Valley Community College is a great value for ophthalmic & optometric support services students working on their associate degree. RVCC is a medium-sized public school located in the rural area of Branchburg.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at RVCC are $7,296 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, RVCC also did well on our Best Optometric Support Services Associate Degree Trade Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Hillsborough Community College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value ophthalmic & optometric support services schools in the United States. HCC is a large public school located in the large city of Tampa.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at HCC are $9,111 per year. On average, optometric support graduates from HCC take out $14,432 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, HCC also is in the top 20% of our Best Optometric Support Services Associate Degree Trade Schools ranking.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Wiregrass Georgia Technical College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Optometric Support Services Associate Degree Schools list. Located in the small suburb of Valdosta, Wiregrass Georgia Technical College is a public school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Wiregrass Georgia Technical College are $5,562 per year.

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Reynolds Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for ophthalmic & optometric support services students to get a associate degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Richmond, Reynolds Community College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Reynolds Community College are $11,001 per year.

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#7

Ogeechee Technical College

Statesboro, GA

Ogeechee Technical College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Optometric Support Services Associate Degree Schools list. Located in the town of Statesboro, Ogeechee Technical College is a public school with a small student population.

Ogeechee Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,540 in tuition and fees each year.

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#8

Moorpark College

Moorpark, CA

Moorpark College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for ophthalmic & optometric support services students to get a associate degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Moorpark College is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Moorpark.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Moorpark College are $8,146 a year.

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#9

Henry Ford College

Dearborn, MI

With a ranking of #9, Henry Ford College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for ophthalmic & optometric support services students working on their associate degree. Located in the midsize city of Dearborn, Henry Ford College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Henry Ford College undergraduate students pay an average of $7,348 in tuition and fees each year. While working on their Associate Degree, optometric support majors at Henry Ford College accumulate an average of around $16,682 in student debt.

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Durham Technical Community College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Optometric Support Services Associate Degree Schools ranking. Durham Technical Community College is a small public school located in the large city of Durham.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Durham Technical Community College are $7,474 per year.

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Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services is one of 11 different types of trade school programs to choose from.

Optometric Support Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Opticianry/Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician 445
Ophthalmic Technician/Technologist 196
Optometric Technician/Assistant 154
Other Ophthalmic and Optometric Support Services and Allied Professions 22

Related Major Annual Graduates
Health & Medical Administrative Services 88,600
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 85,339
Allied Health Professions 83,905
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 83,587
Health Sciences & Services 36,762

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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