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2023 Best Value Optometric Support Services Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$14,746 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 #26 most popular major in the country with 960 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which healthcare program is right for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Healthcare Degree Search has developed this Best Value Optometric Support Services Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the New England Region to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for optometric support 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. 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.

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

Our analysis found Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology to be the best value school for ophthalmic and optometric support services students who want to pursue a associate degree in the New England Region . Located in the city of Boston, BFIT is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at BFIT are $17,550 a year. While working on their Associate Degree, optometric support majors at BFIT accumulate an average of around $28,127 in student debt.

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#2

Middlesex Community College

Middletown, CT

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Middlesex Community College is a great value for ophthalmic and optometric support services students working on their associate degree. Located in the city of Middletown, MxCC is a public college with a small student population.

MxCC undergraduate students pay an average of $13,428 in tuition and fees each year. On average, optometric support graduates from MxCC take out $15,814 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Community College of Rhode Island is a great value for ophthalmic and optometric support services students working on their associate degree. CCRI is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Warwick.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CCRI are $13,260 per year.

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Best Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services Colleges by State

Explore the best ophthalmic and optometric support services schools for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 13
Connecticut 8
Rhode Island 1

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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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