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Most Popular Optometry Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

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2023 Most Popular Optometry Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

2 Colleges
$89,207 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Optometry School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, optometry was ranked #98 in the country. In fact 1,822 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Optometry Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for optometry majors pursuing a .

#1

Salus University

Elkins Park, PA

Our 2023 rankings named Salus University the most popular school in the Middle Atlantic Region for optometry students. Salus University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Elkins Park.

Full Optometry at Salus University Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means SUNY College of Optometry is a great place for optometry students. SUNY Optometry is a small public school located in the city of New York.

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Best Optometry Colleges by State

Explore the best optometry colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 90
Pennsylvania 166

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

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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