2023 Best Value Optometry Doctor's Degree Schools in Texas
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Optometry Doctor's Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, 169 degrees and certificates were awarded to optometry students who went to a Texas college or university. This makes it the #165 most popular major in the state.
With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Optometry Doctor's Degree Schools in Texas to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in Texas 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.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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2023 Best Value Optometry Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas
Check out the optometry doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
Best Texas Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Optometry
Our analysis found University of Houston to be the best value school for optometry students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Texas. UH is a fairly large public school located in the city of Houston.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UH are $9,727 a year.
UH also claimed a spot on our Best Optometry Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.
Out of the 2 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of the Incarnate Word landed the # 2 spot on the list. UIW is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Antonio.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UIW are $19,840 per year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, UIW also did well on our Best Optometry Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
Best Value Optometry Colleges in the Southwest Region
Explore all the Best Value Optometry Colleges in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Arizona | 50 |
Oklahoma | 28 |
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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.
Most Popular Majors Related to Optometry
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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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