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.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Optometry Schools in California ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 256 degrees in optometry to qualified students.
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.
The optometry school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Optometry Schools in California.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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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.
It's hard to beat University of California - Berkeley if you wish to pursue a degree in optometry. UC Berkeley is a fairly large public university located in the city of Berkeley.
There were about 83 optometry students who graduated with this degree at UC Berkeley in the most recent year we have data available.
It is difficult to beat Western University of Health Sciences if you wish to pursue 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 roughly 75 optometry students who graduated with this degree at Western University of Health Sciences in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat Marshall B Ketchum University if you want to pursue a degree in optometry. MBKU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Fullerton.
There were roughly 98 optometry students who graduated with this degree at MBKU in the most recent data year.
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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.
