2023 Best Value Optometry Schools
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Optometry School for You
Optometry is the #196 most popular major in the country with 1,822 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Optometry Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 21 schools in the United States to see which programs offered the best value experiences for optometry 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.
Top 10 Best Optometry Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Ferris State University the best value school in the United States for optometry students. Ferris is a large public school located in the town of Big Rapids.
Ferris undergraduate students pay an average of $13,188 in tuition and fees each year.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Northeastern State University is a great value for optometry students. NSU is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Tahlequah.
NSU undergraduate students pay an average of $15,755 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Salus University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Optometry Schools list. Located in the large suburb of Elkins Park, Salus University is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Pikeville. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Optometry Schools list. UPIKE is a small private not-for-profit school located in the remote town of Pikeville.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UPIKE are $22,650 a year.
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The excellent programs at University of Houston helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best optometry schools in the United States. UH is a fairly large public school located in the city of Houston.
UH undergraduate students pay an average of $21,891 in tuition and fees each year.
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University of the Incarnate Word landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value optometry programs. UIW is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of San Antonio.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UIW are $33,100 a year.
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University of Alabama at Birmingham did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for optometry students. It came in at #7 on the list. UAB is a fairly large public school located in the city of Birmingham.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UAB are $20,400 per year.
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SUNY College of Optometry came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Optometry Schools ranking. Located in the city of New York, SUNY Optometry is a public college with a fairly small student population.
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Indiana University - Bloomington came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Optometry Schools ranking. IU Bloomington is a fairly large public school located in the city of Bloomington.
IU Bloomington undergraduate students pay an average of $38,352 in tuition and fees each year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, IU Bloomington also is in the top 10% of our Best Optometry Schools ranking.
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Pacific University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for optometry students. It came in at #10 on the list. Pacific is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Forest Grove.
Pacific undergraduate students pay an average of $50,070 in tuition and fees each year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Pacific also is in the top 15% of our Best Optometry Schools ranking.
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Optometry Related Majors for Optometry
One of 30 majors within the area of study, optometry has other similar majors worth exploring.
Majors Similar to Optometry
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Nursing | 322,592 |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 89,359 |
| Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 84,492 |
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 84,274 |
| Allied Health Professions | 82,308 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 21 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).
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