2023 Best Value Optometry Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best Optometry School for You

Optometry is the #17 most popular major in Illinois with 167 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the healthcare programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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 Optometry Schools in Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Illinois to see which programs offered the best value experiences for optometry students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Optometry Schools in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Optometry Colleges.

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality in Optometry

Best Value Optometry Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Optometry Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Degrees Awarded
Ohio	65
Michigan	37
Indiana	84

Majors Related to Optometry

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

Optometry Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Optometry	1,822

Majors Similar to Optometry

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.