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Best Schools for Optical Enginering in the Southeast Region
If you are not interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the optical enginering degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Schools in Optical Enginering
Leading the list is University Of Central Florida, our #1 school for optical enginering. Located in the suburb of Orlando, University Of Central Florida is a very large public university. The six-year graduation rate is 78%. University Of Central Florida awarded about 84 optical enginering degrees in the most recent data year. Soon after graduation, optical enginering degree recipients from University Of Central Florida generally make around $87,042. Typical student debt for the program is $26,880.
Get the full optical enginering details for University Of Central Florida
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Notes and References
This ranking is produced by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs graduation rate, post-graduation earnings, cost, and program quality, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Top Ranked · 1 school evaluated.
- 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 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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