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2023 Best Value Optometry Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$47,207 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$88,635 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Optometry Doctor's Degree School for You

With 167 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, optometry is the #130 most popular major in Illinois.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Optometry Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for optometry students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Optometry Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for optometry majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Optometry

Our 2023 rankings named Midwestern University - Downers Grove the best value school in Illinois for optometry students working on their doctor’s degree. Midwestern University - Downers Grove is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Downers Grove.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Midwestern University - Downers Grove are $47,207 a year.

Full Optometry at Midwestern University - Downers Grove Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Illinois College of Optometry. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Optometry Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in the city of Chicago, Illinois College of Optometry is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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Best Value Optometry Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Optometry Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 37
Ohio 65
Indiana 84

Optometry is one of 30 different types of programs to choose from.

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 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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