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2023 Best Value Optometric Support Services Associate Degree Schools in New Jersey

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$6,541 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$38,604 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services Associate Degree School for You

Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services is the #20 most popular major in New Jersey with 35 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for healthcare students. 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.

The Best Value Optometric Support Services Associate Degree Schools in New Jersey ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in New Jersey to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for optometric support students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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.

Best New Jersey Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Optometric Support Services

#1

Camden County College

Blackwood, NJ

Our analysis found Camden County College to be the best value school for ophthalmic and optometric support services students who want to pursue a associate degree in New Jersey. Located in the suburb of Blackwood, Camden County College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Camden County College are $3,744 a year. While working on their Associate Degree, optometric support majors at Camden County College accumulate an average of around $9,918 in student debt.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Raritan Valley Community College is a great value for ophthalmic and optometric support services students working on their associate degree. Located in the rural area of Branchburg, RVCC is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at RVCC are $6,912 a year.

RVCC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Optometric Support Services Associate Degree Schools in New Jersey list.

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#3

Essex County College

Newark, NJ

The excellent associate degree programs at Essex County College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value ophthalmic and optometric support services schools in New Jersey. Essex is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of Newark.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Essex are $8,966 per year.

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Best Value Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 31
Pennsylvania 4

Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.

Optometric Support Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Opticianry/Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician 511
Ophthalmic Technician/Technologist 216
Optometric Technician/Assistant 187
Other Ophthalmic and Optometric Support Services and Allied Professions 44
Orthoptics/Orthoptist 2

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 3 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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