2023 Most Popular Optometry Schools
Finding the Best Optometry School for You
Optometry is the #98 most popular major in the country with 1,822 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
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The Most Popular Optometry Schools ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 23 schools in the United States to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Optometry program at each school on the list.
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2023 Most Popular Optometry Schools in the United States
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Optometry Colleges.
Top 10 Most Popular Optometry Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Salus University the most popular school in the United States for optometry students. Salus University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Elkins Park.
Out of the 23 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, New England College of Optometry landed the # 2 spot on the list. New England College of Optometry is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Southern College of Optometry is a great place for optometry students. Southern College of Optometry is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Memphis.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Illinois College of Optometry. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Optometry Schools list. Located in the large city of Chicago, Illinois College of Optometry is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Nova Southeastern University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Optometry Schools list. Located in the suburb of Fort Lauderdale, NUS Florida is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
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University of Houston did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for optometry students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of Houston, UH is a public college with a very large student population.
Marshall B Ketchum University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Optometry Schools list. MBKU is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Fullerton.
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SUNY College of Optometry ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Optometry Schools list. SUNY Optometry is a fairly small public school located in the large city of New York.
Pacific University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for optometry students. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the suburb of Forest Grove, Pacific is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Indiana University - Bloomington came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Optometry Schools ranking. Located in the small city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public college with a very large student population.
Optometry by Region
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Optometry Related Majors
One of 29 majors within the area of study, optometry has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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 23 schools only.
- 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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