Vision Science/Physiological Optics isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #869 in popularity out of 1506 majors in the country. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for vision science/physiological optics students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 86 degrees in vision science/physiological optics during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Vision Science/Physiological Optics Schools in the Southeast Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Vision Science/Physiological Optics in the Southeast Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the vision science/physiological optics degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Southeast Region Schools in Vision Science/Physiological Optics
It is difficult to beat University of Miami if you want to pursue a degree in vision science/physiological optics. U Miami is a large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Coral Gables. A Best Colleges rank of #91 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means U Miami is a great university overall.
There were roughly 6 vision science/physiological optics students who graduated with this degree at U Miami in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Alabama at Birmingham is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in vision science/physiological optics. UAB is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Birmingham. This university ranks 5th out of 40 colleges for overall quality in the state of Alabama.
There were roughly 4 vision science/physiological optics students who graduated with this degree at UAB in the most recent year we have data available.
Nova Southeastern University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in vision science/physiological optics. Located in the large suburb of Fort Lauderdale, NUS Florida is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 10th out of 77 schools for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were roughly 76 vision science/physiological optics students who graduated with this degree at NUS Florida in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
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