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2023 Most Popular Optometry Schools

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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.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

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.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Optometry Colleges.

#1

Salus University

Elkins Park, PA

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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#5

Nova Southeastern University

Fort Lauderdale, FL

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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#6

University of Houston

Houston, TX

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.

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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.

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#9

Pacific University

Forest Grove, OR

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.

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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.

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Optometry by Region

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Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

One of 29 majors within the area of study, optometry has other similar majors worth exploring.

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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).

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