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2023 Most Popular 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 Most Popular Optometry Schools in California ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in California 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.

Check out the optometry programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in California.

Our 2023 rankings named Marshall B Ketchum University the most popular school in California for optometry students. Located in the large suburb of Fullerton, MBKU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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The excellent programs at University of California - Berkeley helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best optometry schools in California. Located in the midsize city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public school with a very large 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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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.

  • 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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