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2023 Best Value Optometry Schools in Florida

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$34,570 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$91,752 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Optometry School for You

In 2020-2021, 107 degrees and certificates were awarded to optometry students who went to a Florida college or university. This makes it the #157 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Optometry Schools in Florida ranking.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

Check out the optometry programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Optometry School

#1

Nova Southeastern University

Fort Lauderdale, FL
$34,570 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Nova Southeastern University to be the best value school for optometry students who want to pursue a degree in Florida. Located in the suburb of Fort Lauderdale, NUS Florida is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

NUS Florida undergraduate students pay an average of $34,570 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Optometry at Nova Southeastern University Report

Best Value Optometry Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Tennessee 134
Kentucky 55
Alabama 50

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 values are for the top school 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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