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Best Value Optometric Support Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina

2023 Best Value Optometric Support Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$2,698 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$24,829 Avg Salary

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

In 2021-2022, 48 degrees and certificates were awarded to ophthalmic & optometric support services students who went to a North Carolina college or university. This makes it the #36 most popular major in the state.

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. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house.

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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in North Carolina to see which undergraduate 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. 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services Undergraduate Certificate Colleges.

Best North Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Optometric Support Services

Our analysis found Central Piedmont Community College to be the best value school for ophthalmic & optometric support services students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in North Carolina. Located in the large city of Charlotte, Central Piedmont Community College is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Central Piedmont Community College are $2,792 a year.

Central Piedmont Community College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Optometric Support Services Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in North Carolina list.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute is a great value for ophthalmic & optometric support services students working on their undergraduate certificate. CCCTI is a small public school located in the midsize suburb of Hudson.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CCCTI are $2,537 per year.

Read full report on Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services at Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sandhills Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Optometric Support Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the rural area of Pinehurst, SCC is a public school with a small student population.

SCC undergraduate students pay an average of $2,764 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 62
Arkansas 1
Florida 131
Louisiana 5
Virginia 22
Tennessee 28
Mississippi 6

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 3 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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