2023 Best Value Optometry Schools in Michigan
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Optometry School for You
Optometry is the #20 most popular major in Michigan with 37 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
It's not easy to decide which healthcare program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Healthcare Degree Search has developed this Best Value Optometry Schools in Michigan ranking.
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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Best Optometry School
Our analysis found Ferris State University to be the best value school for optometry students who want to pursue a degree in Michigan. Ferris is a large public school located in the distant town of Big Rapids.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Ferris are $13,188 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Ferris also did well on our Best Optometry Schools in Michigan list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
Read full report on Optometry at Ferris State University
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Illinois | 167 |
Ohio | 65 |
Indiana | 84 |
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Optometry Related Majors for Optometry
One of 30 majors within the healthcare area of study, optometry has other similar majors worth exploring.
Optometry Focus Areas
Major | Annual Graduates |
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Optometry | 1,822 |
Majors Similar to Optometry
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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.