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2023 Best Value Optometric Support Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$0 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services Basic Certificate 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. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Best Value Optometric Support Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Southwest Region to see which basic certificate 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.

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 Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Optometric Support Services

Our 2023 rankings named San Jacinto Community College the best value school in the Southwest Region for ophthalmic and optometric support services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the suburb of Pasadena, San Jacinto College is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at San Jacinto College are $5,040 a year.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at GateWay Community 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 Southwest Region . GateWay Community College is a fairly small public school located in the city of Phoenix.

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Out of the 4 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Tulsa Technology Center landed the # 2 spot on the list. Tulsa Tech is a small public school located in the city of Tulsa.

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Metro Technology Centers

Oklahoma City, OK

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Metro Technology Centers is a great value for ophthalmic and optometric support services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the city of Oklahoma City, Metro Technology Centers is a public college with a small student population.

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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 Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 17
New Mexico 7

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 4 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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