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Best Value Optometric Support Services Basic Certificate Schools in New Jersey

2023 Best Value Optometric Support Services Basic Certificate Schools in New Jersey

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$5,520 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services Basic Certificate School for You

With 42 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, ophthalmic & optometric support services is the #26 most popular major in New Jersey.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for trade school students. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Best Value Optometric Support Services Basic Certificate Schools in New Jersey to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in New Jersey to see which basic certificate 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.

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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services Basic Certificate Schools in New Jersey

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

Best New Jersey Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Optometric Support Services

#1

Camden County College

Blackwood, NJ

Our 2023 rankings named Camden County College the best value school in New Jersey for ophthalmic & optometric support services students working on their basic certificate. Camden County College is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Blackwood.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Camden County College are $3,744 a year.

Full Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services at Camden County College Report

The excellent basic certificate programs at Raritan Valley Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value ophthalmic & optometric support services schools in New Jersey. RVCC is a medium-sized public school located in the rural area of Branchburg.

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

RVCC also took the #4 spot in our Best Optometric Support Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in New Jersey rankings.

Read full report on Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services at Raritan Valley Community College

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
New York 31
Pennsylvania 0
Delaware 9
District of Columbia 0

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

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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