2023 Best Value Optometry Schools in Alabama
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Optometry School for You
With 50 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, optometry is the #17 most popular major in Alabama.
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which healthcare program is right 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Best Value Optometry Schools in Alabama 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. 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 School
Our 2023 rankings named University of Alabama at Birmingham the best value school in Alabama for optometry students. Located in the medium-sized city of Birmingham, UAB is a public college with a very large student population.
UAB undergraduate students pay an average of $8,568 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its great value ranking, UAB is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Optometry Schools in Alabama list.
Full Optometry at University of Alabama at Birmingham Report
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Florida | 107 |
Tennessee | 134 |
Kentucky | 55 |
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Majors Related to Optometry
Optometry is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.
Optometry Concentrations
Major | Annual Graduates |
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Optometry | 1,822 |
Most Popular Majors Related 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.