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2023 Best Value Optometry Schools in Texas

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$21,400 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$91,899 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Optometry School for You

In 2020-2021, 169 degrees and certificates were awarded to optometry students who went to a Texas college or university. This makes it the #20 most popular major in the state.

There are so many healthcare programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Best Value Optometry Schools in Texas to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in Texas to see which ones offered the best value programs for optometry students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Optometry Schools in Texas

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for optometry majors pursuing a .

Best Texas Schools for Affordable Quality in Optometry

#1

University of Houston

Houston, TX
$9,699 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Houston to be the best value school for optometry students who want to pursue a degree in Texas. UH is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Houston.

UH undergraduate students pay an average of $9,699 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UH also claimed a spot on our Best Optometry Schools in Texas list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

Read full report on Optometry at University of Houston

$33,100 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of the Incarnate Word is a great value for optometry students. UIW is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Antonio.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UIW are $33,100 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UIW is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Optometry Schools in Texas list.

Full Optometry at University of the Incarnate Word Report

Best Value Optometry Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 50
Oklahoma 28

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 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.

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