2023 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Vision Science/Physiological Optics in the Southwest Region

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Vision Science/Physiological Optics is the 869th most popular major in the country with 155 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southwest region, there were 24 vision science/physiological optics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 10 vision science/physiological optics graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,218 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Vision Science/Physiological Optics Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in vision science/physiological optics. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in vision science/physiological optics.

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Most Well Attended Vision Science/Physiological Optics Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Vision Science/Physiological Optics Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate”.

Top 2 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Vision Science/Physiological Optics in the Southwest Region

1

University of Houston
Houston, Texas

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Vision Science/Physiological Optics Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston landed the #1 spot on the list. UH is located in Houston, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 doctorate’s vision science/physiological optics degrees to qualified students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Vision Science/Physiological Optics at University of Houston

2

University of the Incarnate Word
San Antonio, Texas

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Vision Science/Physiological Optics Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of the Incarnate Word landed the #2 spot on the list. UIW is located in San Antonio, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 doctorate’s vision science/physiological optics degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of the Incarnate Word Vision Science/Physiological Optics Report

• Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Vision Science/Physiological Optics

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.