2025 Best Opticianry/Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

an associate degree in opticianry/ophthalmic dispensing optician is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #225 out of 1020 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Opticianry/Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 54 associate degrees in opticianry/ophthalmic dispensing optician during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Opticianry/Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician School for Your Associate Degree

The opticianry/ophthalmic dispensing optician associate degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality opticianry/ophthalmic dispensing optician program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To account for this we include a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a collection of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to opticianry/ophthalmic dispensing optician students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of opticianry/ophthalmic dispensing optician students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized opticianry/ophthalmic dispensing optician related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for opticianry/ophthalmic dispensing optician students working on their associate degree.

More Ways to Rank Opticianry/Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Opticianry/Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Opticianry/Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician in the Middle Atlantic Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in opticianry/ophthalmic dispensing optician.

Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for an Associate in Opticianry/Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician

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Raritan Valley Community College
Branchburg, NJ

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in an associate degree in opticianry/ophthalmic dispensing optician needs to look into Raritan Valley Community College. RVCC is a moderately-sized public college located in the rural area of Branchburg.More information about a associate in opticianry/ophthalmic dispensing optician from Raritan Valley Community College

2

Essex County College
Newark, NJ

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Essex County College if you wish to pursue an associate degree in opticianry/ophthalmic dispensing optician. Essex is a medium-sized public college located in the large city of Newark.More information about a associate in opticianry/ophthalmic dispensing optician from Essex County College

3

New York City College of Technology
Brooklyn, NY

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

22 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in opticianry/ophthalmic dispensing optician has to look into New York City College of Technology. City Tech is a fairly large public college located in the large city of Brooklyn.More information about a associate in opticianry/ophthalmic dispensing optician from New York City College of Technology

Best Opticianry/Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician Colleges by State

Explore the best opticianry/ophthalmic dispensing optician schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	429	31
New Jersey	249	35

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Opticianry/Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician Related Rankings by Major

One of 4 majors within the Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services area of study, Opticianry/Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician has other similar majors worth exploring.

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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.