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2023 Best Optometry Schools in California

3 Colleges
$73,054 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Optometry School for You

In 2020-2021, 256 degrees and certificates were awarded to optometry students who went to a California college or university. This makes it the #75 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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.

The Best Optometry Schools in California ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in California to see which ones offered the best programs for students.

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2023 Best Optometry Schools in California

Check out the optometry programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top California Schools in Optometry

Our 2023 rankings named University of California - Berkeley the best school in California for optometry students. Located in the midsize city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public school with a very large student population.

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The excellent programs at Marshall B Ketchum University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best optometry schools in California. Located in the suburb of Fullerton, MBKU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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Out of the 3 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Western University of Health Sciences landed the # 3 spot on the list. Western University of Health Sciences is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Pomona.

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Best Optometry Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Oregon 88

Optometry is one of 29 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 66,964
Medicine 28,629
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 24,774
Public Health 19,473
Health & Medical Administrative Services 17,335

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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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