Cincinnati, OH (population: 332,807) has one optician school within a 100-mile radius of its city center. University of Dayton has a total student population of 10,908. It is the 990th highest ranked school in the USA and the 52nd highest in the state of Ohio (#1 is Ohio State University-Main Campus).
Optician students from Cincinnati schools who go on to become opticians, eye doctors, optics scientists, optics professionals, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 60,840 people working as opticians, dispensing alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $34,790. Also, Therapists make on average $54,400 per year and there are about 13,440 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Cincinnati-Middletown-KY-IN area alone, there are 60 employed therapists earning an average salary of $63,530. Opticians, dispensing in this area earn $34,480/yr and there are 380 employed.
Cincinnati lies in Hamilton county, which is one of the 36 counties in Ohio. Overall, the Cincinnati-Middletown-KY-IN area has 994,930 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0.9% unemployment rate, $20.35/hr average worker wage, and a $42,340 average annual salary. Thus, about 0.380 out of every 1000 jobs in Cincinnati are held by opticians, dispensing, and 0.062/1000 are held by therapists.
After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, University of Dayton ends up costing a student $25,494/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Cincinnati |
| Covington | KY | 43,469 | 3 | 25.6472 | 61 | 6.9 miles |
| Crestview Hills | KY | - | 1 | 24.073 | 65 | 8.8 miles |
| Florence | KY | - | 8 | 23.3148 | 213 | 11.6 miles |
| Middletown | OH | 51,674 | 7 | 25.6111 | 228 | 26.7 miles |
| Oxford | OH | - | 1 | 41.8383 | 150 | 28.3 miles |
| Saint Martin | OH | - | 1 | 11.3716 | 2 | 33.5 miles |
| Kettering | OH | 52,835 | 4 | 32.9219 | 30 | 43.2 miles |
| Dayton | OH | 151,594 | 15 | 24.3199 | 569 | 47.3 miles |
| Yellow Springs | OH | - | 2 | 0.482738 | 0 | 56.8 miles |
| Hanover | IN | - | 1 | 62.3933 | 55 | 59.6 miles |
| Frankfort | KY | - | 1 | 45.3097 | 44 | 67.9 miles |
| Piqua | OH | - | 2 | 25.7036 | 76 | 70.9 miles |
| Lexington | KY | 279,146 | 12 | 25.7509 | 248 | 76.1 miles |
| Concord Twp | OH | - | 1 | 37.8234 | 22 | 79.7 miles |
| Muncie | IN | 64,234 | 3 | 31.2358 | 217 | 87.0 miles |
| New Boston | OH | - | 1 | 21.3268 | 7 | 88.8 miles |
| Jeffersonville | IN | - | 3 | 16.878 | 5 | 89.1 miles |
| Anderson | IN | 57,207 | 4 | 25.3197 | 163 | 90.9 miles |
| Greenwood | IN | 50,562 | 2 | 33.0452 | 104 | 91.8 miles |
| Louisville | KY | 556,482 | 22 | 21.6901 | 474 | 92.0 miles |
| New Albany | IN | - | 1 | 50.4945 | 53 | 92.3 miles |
| Hilliard | OH | - | 1 | 21.2344 | 13 | 94.9 miles |
| Fishers | IN | 75,408 | 0 | - | 0 | 98.1 miles |
| Indianapolis | IN | 803,930 | 29 | 23.6647 | 670 | 98.1 miles |