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2023 Most Popular Optometric Support Services Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region

4 Colleges
$38,604 Avg Salary
$22,797 Avg Student Debt

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Most Popular Optometric Support Services Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in the New England Region to see which ones were the most popular associate degree programs for healthcare students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for optometric support majors pursuing a associate degree.

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

About 77% of the students majoring in optometric support at the school are women while 23% are male.

On average, optometric support graduates from BFIT take out $28,127 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

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#2

Middlesex Community College

Middletown, CT

The in-demand associate degree programs at Middlesex Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular ophthalmic and optometric support services schools in the New England Region . Located in the city of Middletown, MxCC is a public school with a small student population.

Of the 8 students majoring in optometric support at MxCC, 13% are male and 88% are female.

After completing their Associate Degree, optometric support graduates from MxCC carry an average student debt load of $15,814.

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The in-demand associate degree programs at Community College of Rhode Island helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular ophthalmic and optometric support services schools in the New England Region . CCRI is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Warwick.

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#4

Goodwin College

East Hartford, CT

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Goodwin College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Optometric Support Services Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Goodwin is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of East Hartford.

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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 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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