2024 Best Optical Enginering Doctor's Degree Schools

Optical Enginering isn't the most popular doctorate program in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #346 in popularity out of 862 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.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Optical Enginering Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 22 doctor's degrees in optical enginering during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to optical enginering students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of optical enginering students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized optical enginering related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for optical enginering students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Optical Enginering Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Optical Enginering Doctor's Degree Schools list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Optical Enginering in the United States

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in optical enginering.

Top Schools for a Doctorate in Optical Enginering

1

University of Dayton
Dayton, OH

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

1 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in optical enginering needs to look into University of Dayton. Located in the medium-sized city of Dayton, UDayton is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in optical enginering from University of Dayton

2

University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

21 Annual Graduates

University of Central Florida is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in optical enginering. Located in the suburb of Orlando, UCF is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in optical enginering from University of Central Florida

Optical Enginering by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
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Rankings in Majors Related to Optical Enginering

Optical Enginering is one of 3 different types of Electrical Engineering programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Optical Enginering

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	2,129
Other Electrical Engineering	23
Telecommunications Engineering	5

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to NASA. More about our data sources and methodologies.