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2023 Best Value Optometry Doctor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$33,125 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$88,635 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Optometry Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 166 degrees and certificates were awarded to optometry students who went to a Pennsylvania college or university. This makes it the #18 most popular major in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which healthcare program is right 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Best Value Optometry Doctor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking.

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 Optometry Doctor's Degree School

#1

Salus University

Elkins Park, PA

Our 2023 rankings named Salus University the best value school in Pennsylvania for optometry students working on their doctor’s degree. Salus University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Elkins Park.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Salus University are $33,125 per year.

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Best Value Optometry Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Optometry Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 90

Optometry is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.

Optometry Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Optometry 1,822

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 values are for the top school 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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