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2023 Best Value Optometry Schools in Ohio

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$11,936 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$89,790 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Optometry School for You

Optometry is the #21 most popular major in Ohio with 65 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's healthcare students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Best Value Optometry Schools in Ohio to help you in your search for the best school for you.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Optometry Colleges.

Best Optometry School

$11,936 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Ohio State University - Main Campus to be the best value school for optometry students who want to pursue a degree in Ohio. Located in the city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Ohio State undergraduate students pay an average of $11,936 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Ohio State also is in the top 20% of our Best Optometry Schools in Ohio ranking.

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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
Illinois 167
Michigan 37
Indiana 84

One of 30 majors within the healthcare area of study, optometry has other similar majors worth exploring.

Optometry Focus Areas

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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