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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$14,746 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$42,715 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Best Value Optometric Support Services 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 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.

2023 Best Value Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services Schools in the New England Region

Check out the optometric support programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

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

$17,550 Average Tuition & Fees

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 degree in the New England Region . Located in the large city of Boston, BFIT is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at BFIT are $17,550 a year.

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#2

Middlesex Community College

Middletown, CT
$13,428 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Middlesex Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Optometric Support Services Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the city of Middletown, MxCC is a public school with a small student population.

MxCC undergraduate students pay an average of $13,428 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services at Middlesex Community College Report

$13,260 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Community College of Rhode Island. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Optometric Support Services Schools in the New England Region list. CCRI is a fairly large public school located in the city of Warwick.

CCRI undergraduate students pay an average of $13,260 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services at Community College of Rhode Island Report

Best Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services Colleges by State

Explore the best ophthalmic and optometric support services colleges 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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