2024 Best Optometry Schools in the Far Western US Region
4Colleges in the Far Western US Region
344Optometry Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in optometry, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #302 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in the Far Western US Region to determine which ones were the best for optometry students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 344 degrees in optometry during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of optometry school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Optometry School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Optometry Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Best Schools for Optometry in the Far Western US Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the optometry degree levels they offer.
University of California - Berkeley is a great option for students interested in a degree in optometry. UC Berkeley is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley.
There were roughly 83 optometry students who graduated with this degree at UC Berkeley in the most recent data year.
Pacific University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in optometry. Located in the suburb of Forest Grove, Pacific is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.
There were approximately 88 optometry students who graduated with this degree at Pacific in the most recent data year.
Western University of Health Sciences is a great choice for students interested in a degree in optometry. Located in the large suburb of Pomona, Western University of Health Sciences is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.
There were approximately 75 optometry students who graduated with this degree at Western University of Health Sciences in the most recent data year.
Marshall B Ketchum University is a good option for students pursuing a degree in optometry. MBKU is a fairly small private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Fullerton.
There were roughly 98 optometry students who graduated with this degree at MBKU in the most recent year we have data available.
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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).
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Your choice of optometry school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Optometry School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
