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2023 Best Value Optometric Support Services Schools in Oregon

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$27,440 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$42,113 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services School for You

Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services is the #22 most popular major in Oregon with 36 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many healthcare programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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.

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 Schools in Oregon ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Oregon to see which ones offered the best value programs for optometric support students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services Schools in Oregon

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for optometric support majors pursuing a .

Best Oregon Schools for Affordable Quality in Optometric Support Services

$4,810 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Portland Community College to be the best value school for ophthalmic and optometric support services students who want to pursue a degree in Oregon. Located in the large city of Portland, Portland Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Portland Community College are $4,810 a year. Optometric Support majors at Portland Community College take out an average of $28,343 in student loans while working on their egree.

Full Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services at Portland Community College Report

#2

Pacific University

Forest Grove, OR
$50,070 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, Pacific University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Pacific is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Forest Grove.

Pacific undergraduate students pay an average of $50,070 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Pacific did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Optometric Support Services Schools in Oregon list.

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Best Value Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 2
Washington 0
Nevada 22

One of 30 majors within the healthcare area of study, ophthalmic and optometric support services has other similar majors worth exploring.

Optometric Support Concentrations

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 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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