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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

12 Colleges
$9,760 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.

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

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Best Value Optometric Support Services Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 12 schools in the Southeast Region 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.

Top 10 Best Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services Associate Degree Schools

Our analysis found Hillsborough Community College to be the best value school for ophthalmic and optometric support services students who want to pursue a associate degree in the Southeast Region . Located in the city of Tampa, HCC is a public school with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at HCC are $9,111 per year. While working on their Associate Degree, optometric support majors at HCC accumulate an average of around $20,498 in student debt.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, HCC also did well on our Best Optometric Support Services Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Wiregrass Georgia Technical College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value ophthalmic and optometric support services schools in the Southeast Region . Wiregrass Georgia Technical College is a small public school located in the suburb of Valdosta.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Wiregrass Georgia Technical College are $5,552 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Reynolds Community College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Optometric Support Services Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Reynolds Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Richmond.

Reynolds Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $8,800 in tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Ogeechee Technical College

Statesboro, GA

The excellent associate degree programs at Ogeechee Technical College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value ophthalmic and optometric support services schools in the Southeast Region . Ogeechee Technical College is a small public school located in the town of Statesboro.

Ogeechee Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,540 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Ogeechee Technical College also did well on our Best Optometric Support Services Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Durham Technical Community College is a great value for ophthalmic and optometric support services students working on their associate degree. Located in the large city of Durham, Durham Technical Community College is a public college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Durham Technical Community College are $7,479 per year. The average amount in student loans that optometric support majors at Durham Technical Community College take out while working on their Associate Degree is $21,479.

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East Mississippi Community College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree ophthalmic and optometric support services programs. EMCC is a small public school located in the rural area of Scooba.

EMCC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,740 in tuition and fees each year.

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#7

Broward College

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Broward College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree ophthalmic and optometric support services programs. BC is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Fort Lauderdale.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at BC are $8,952 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, BC is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Optometric Support Services Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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#8

Miami Dade College

Miami, FL

Miami Dade College ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Optometric Support Services Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the large city of Miami, MDC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

MDC undergraduate students pay an average of $9,661 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, MDC also is in the top 10% of our Best Optometric Support Services Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking.

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#9

Palm Beach State College

Lake Worth, FL

Palm Beach State College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for ophthalmic and optometric support services students to get a associate degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Palm Beach State College is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Lake Worth.

Palm Beach State College undergraduate students pay an average of $10,910 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Palm Beach State College also did well on our Best Optometric Support Services Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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Florida State College at Jacksonville ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Optometric Support Services Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. FSCJ is a very large public school located in the city of Jacksonville.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at FSCJ are $9,631 a year.

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Best Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services Colleges by State

Explore the best ophthalmic and optometric support services colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 110
North Carolina 15
Tennessee 28
Georgia 10
Virginia 18
Mississippi 6
Arkansas 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 12 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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