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2023 Most Popular Optometry Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois

2 Colleges
$88,635 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Optometry Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 167 degrees and certificates were awarded to optometry students who went to a Illinois college or university. This makes it the #58 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Optometry Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in Illinois to see which ones were the most popular doctor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Optometry program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for optometry majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Our 2023 rankings named Illinois College of Optometry the most popular school in Illinois for optometry students working on their doctor’s degree. Illinois College of Optometry is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

About 65% of the students majoring in optometry at the school are women while 35% are male.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Midwestern University - Downers Grove is a great place for optometry students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the suburb of Downers Grove, Midwestern University - Downers Grove is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

About 63% of the students majoring in optometry at the school are women while 37% are male.

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Best Optometry Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Most Popular Optometry Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 37
Ohio 65
Indiana 84

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 2 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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