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2023 Best Value Optometric Support Services Associate Degree Schools in New York

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$6,635 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 #40 most popular major in New York with 31 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

There are so many trade school programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Best Value Optometric Support Services Associate Degree Schools in New York ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in New York to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for optometric support students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services Associate Degree Schools in New York

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for optometric support majors pursuing a associate degree.

Best New York Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Optometric Support Services

Our 2023 rankings named New York City College of Technology the best value school in New York for ophthalmic & optometric support services students working on their associate degree. City Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Brooklyn.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at City Tech are $7,320 per year.

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#2

Erie Community College

Buffalo, NY

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Erie Community College is a great value for ophthalmic & optometric support services students working on their associate degree. Located in the large city of Buffalo, Erie Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Erie Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,950 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, optometric support graduates from Erie Community College take out $9,796 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

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Best Value Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 0
New Jersey 42
Delaware 9
District of Columbia 0

One of 11 majors within the trade school area of study, ophthalmic & optometric support services has other similar majors worth exploring.

Optometric Support Focus Areas

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

Majors Similar to Optometric Support

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 2 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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