Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician
Add ComparisonIn 2021, the locations with the highest concentration of Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician degree recipients are Las Vegas, NV, Los Angeles, CA, and Tampa, FL. In 2021, the locations with a relatively high number of Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician degree recipients are Ontario, CA, Caguas, PR, and Las Vegas, NV. The most common degree awarded to students studying Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician is a associates degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician and the types of students that study this field. College of Southern Nevada awards the most degrees in Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician in the US, but Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute and Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician.
Tuition costs for Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician majors are, on average, $3,293 for in-state public colleges, and $18,469 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician programs are Public, 2-year institutions (19 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 2-year (217 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician, is Public, 2-year (217 completions in 2021).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
College of Southern Nevada has the most Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician degree recipients, with 74 degrees awarded in 2021.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician.
Out of all institutions that offer Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician, with 10%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician by year.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Health graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Health majors is $81,847 and the most common occupations are Registered nurses, Pharmacists, and Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives.
The industry that employs the most Health majors is General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers.
The average salary for Health majors is $81,847 and the most common occupations are Registered nurses, Pharmacists, and Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Health majors.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Health majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Health majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The most common occupations Health majors, by number of employees, are Registered nurses, Pharmacists, and Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Health majors working as Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives, Nurse anesthetists, and Audiologists.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Health majors are Surgeons, Physicians, and Chief executives & legislators.
The number of Health graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.68%, from 4.3M in 2020 to 4.46M in 2021.
The largest single share of Health graduates go on to work as Registered nurses (36.7%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Health by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ Health majors, by number of employees, are General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals, Outpatient care centers, and Elementary & secondary schools.
The highest paying industries of Health majors, by average wage, are Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers, Farm supplies merchant wholesalers, and Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing.
The number of Health graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.68%, from 4.3M in 2020 to 4.46M in 2021.
The industry which employs the most Health graduates by share is General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals, followed by Outpatient care centers. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Health.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Health majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Health majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Health. The most common ages of employees with this major are 30 and 31 years old, which represent 2.98% and 2.93% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician are Associates Degree, 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate, and 2 to 4 Year Postsecondary Certificate.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Health are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician for each race & ethnicity. Hispanic or Latino students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Associates Degree recipients in Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Philippines that hold Health degrees (5.11 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is Philippines (199,567 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician majors need many skills, but most especially Speaking. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician majors need more than the average amount of Troubleshooting, Quality Control Analysis, Service Orientation, Operation and Control, Speaking, Persuasion, Mathematics, Negotiation, Active Listening, Repairing, Operation Monitoring, Instructing, Reading Comprehension, Social Perceptiveness, Management of Personnel Resources, Critical Thinking, Learning Strategies, Technology Design, Coordination, Time Management, Writing, Judgment and Decision Making, Monitoring, Active Learning, Management of Material Resources, Complex Problem Solving, Systems Evaluation, Equipment Selection, Operations Analysis, Systems Analysis, Management of Financial Resources, Science, Programming, Installation, and Equipment Maintenance.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Troubleshooting is very distinctive for majors, but the Speaking, Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Critical Thinking, Service Orientation, Writing, Social Perceptiveness, Persuasion, Monitoring, Coordination, Judgment and Decision Making, Active Learning, Instructing, Learning Strategies, Negotiation, Time Management, Mathematics, Complex Problem Solving, Management of Personnel Resources, Quality Control Analysis, Systems Evaluation, Systems Analysis, Operation Monitoring, Operation and Control, Troubleshooting, Operations Analysis, Management of Material Resources, Technology Design, Management of Financial Resources, Science, Repairing, Equipment Selection, Programming, Installation, and Equipment Maintenance are the three most important skills for people in the field.
