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2023 Most Popular Optometric Support Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools

32 Colleges
$25,471 Avg Salary
$9,223 Avg Student Debt

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In 2020-2021, 960 people earned a degree or certificate in ophthalmic and optometric support services, making the major the #26 most popular in the United States.

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The Most Popular Optometric Support Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 32 schools in the United States to see which undergraduate certificate programs were the most popular 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.

Check out the optometric support undergraduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the United States.

Our 2023 rankings named American Career College - Los Angeles the most popular school in the United States for ophthalmic and optometric support services students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, American Career College - Los Angeles is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

Of the 58 students majoring in optometric support at American Career College - Los Angeles, 26% are male and 74% are female.

While working on their Undergraduate Certificate, optometric support majors at American Career College - Los Angeles accumulate an average of around $10,062 in student debt. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $76.

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Out of the 32 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, American Career College - Ontario landed the # 2 spot on the list. American Career College - Ontario is a small private for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Ontario.

About 83% of the students majoring in optometric support at the school are women while 17% are male.

Optometric Support majors at American Career College - Ontario take out an average of $10,513 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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#3

Tyler Junior College

Tyler, TX

The in-demand undergraduate certificate programs at Tyler Junior College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular ophthalmic and optometric support services schools in the United States. Tyler Junior College is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Tyler.

Of the 17 students majoring in optometric support at Tyler Junior College, 6% are male and 94% are female.

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The in-demand undergraduate certificate programs at Madison Area Technical College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular ophthalmic and optometric support services schools in the United States. Madison College is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Madison.

Of the 14 students majoring in optometric support at Madison College, 14% are male and 86% are female.

After completing their Undergraduate Certificate, optometric support graduates from Madison College carry an average student debt load of $15,567.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Central Piedmont Community College is a great place for ophthalmic and optometric support services students working on their undergraduate certificate. Central Piedmont Community College is a fairly large public school located in the city of Charlotte.

About 79% of the students majoring in optometric support at the school are women while 21% are male.

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San Jacinto Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for ophthalmic and optometric support services students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. San Jacinto College is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Pasadena.

About 92% of the students majoring in optometric support at the school are women while 8% are male.

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With a ranking of #7, Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for ophthalmic and optometric support services students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Hudson, CCCTI is a public college with a small student population.

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Lakeshore Technical College landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular undergraduate certificate ophthalmic and optometric support services programs. LTC is a small public school located in the rural area of Cleveland.

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With a ranking of #9, Cape Coral Technical College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for ophthalmic and optometric support services students working on their undergraduate certificate. Cape Coral Technical College is a small public school located in the medium-sized city of Cape Coral.

About 88% of the students majoring in optometric support at the school are women while 13% are male.

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Cuyahoga Community College District came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Optometric Support Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking. Cuyahoga Community College District is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Cleveland.

Women make up 57% of the optometric support majors at the school.

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New England
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Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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

Majors Similar to Optometric Support

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 32 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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