Northeastern State University Doctorate in Optometry

The main focus area for this major is Optometry. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.

Optometry is a major offered under the health professions program of study at Northeastern State University. Here, you’ll find out more about the major doctor’s degree program in optometry, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.

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Graduate Cost
Online Learning
Student Diversity
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References

How Much Does a Doctorate in Optometry from NSU Cost?

$5,101 Average Tuition and Fees

NSU Graduate Tuition and Fees

During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at NSU paid an average of $556 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $250 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$4,500	$9,999
Fees	$601	$601

Does NSU Offer an Online Doctorate in Optometry?

NSU does not offer an online option for its optometry doctor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the NSU Online Learning page.

NSU Doctorate Student Diversity for Optometry

28 Doctor's Degrees Awarded

46.4% Women

28.6% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

There were 28 doctor’s degrees in optometry awarded during the 2019-2020 academic year. Information about those students is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 46.4% of the optometry students who took home a doctor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 70.6%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Around 28.6% of optometry doctor’s degree recipients at NSU in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 40%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	20
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Doctorate in Optometry Focus Areas at NSU

Optometry students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Optometry	28

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.