Optometric Technician/Assistant at San Jacinto Community College

If you plan to study optometric technician/assistant, take a look at what San Jacinto Community College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

San Jacinto College is located in Pasadena, Texas and has a total student population of 31,110.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Optometric Technician/Assistant section at the bottom of this page.

San Jacinto College Optometric Technician/Assistant Degrees Available

Basic Certificate in Optometric Technician/Assistant (Less Than 1 Year)
Undergrad Certificate in Optometric Technician/Assistant (1 - 4 Years)
Associate’s Degree in Optometric Technician/Assistant

San Jacinto College Optometric Technician/Assistant Rankings

Optometric Technician/Assistant Student Demographics at San Jacinto College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the optometric technician/assistant majors at San Jacinto Community College.

San Jacinto College Optometric Technician/Assistant Associate’s Program

73% Women

91% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 27% of optometric technician/assistant associate's degrees went to men and 73% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in optometric technician/assistant only graduates about 22% men each year. The program at San Jacinto College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 5% more women than average.

San Jacinto College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in optometric technician/assistant graduates 7% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from San Jacinto Community College with a associate's in optometric technician/assistant.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Careers That Optometric Technician/Assistant Grads May Go Into

A degree in optometric technician/assistant can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TX, the home state for San Jacinto Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians	5,610	$33,290

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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