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2023 Best Value Optometry Schools in Texas

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$21,400 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$91,899 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Optometry 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.

The Best Value Optometry Schools in Texas ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in Texas to see which ones offered the best value 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.

2023 Best Value Optometry Schools in Texas

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

Best Texas Schools for Affordable Quality in Optometry

#1

University of Houston

Houston, TX
$9,699 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Houston the best value school in Texas for optometry students. UH is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Houston.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UH are $9,699 a year.

UH excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Optometry Schools in Texas list.

Full Optometry at University of Houston Report

$33,100 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of the Incarnate Word helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best optometry schools in Texas. UIW is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of San Antonio.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UIW are $33,100 a year.

Full Optometry at University of the Incarnate Word Report

Best Value Optometry Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 50
Oklahoma 28

One of 30 majors within the area of study, optometry has other similar majors worth exploring.

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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