2024 Best Optometry Schools in Illinois

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 2 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the best for optometry students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 167 degrees in optometry during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Pick Your Optometry Degree Level

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Optometry Schools in Illinois 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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More information on how we come up with our rankings can be found here: College Factual's Data Methodology.

Best Schools for Optometry in Illinois

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.

Top Illinois Schools in Optometry

1

Illinois College of Optometry
Chicago, IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

126 Optometry Degrees Awarded

It's hard to beat Illinois College of Optometry if you wish to pursue a degree in optometry. Illinois College of Optometry is a fairly small private not-for-profit college located in the city of Chicago.More information about a degree in optometry from Illinois College of Optometry

2

Midwestern University - Downers Grove
Downers Grove, IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

41 Optometry Degrees Awarded

It is hard to beat Midwestern University - Downers Grove if you wish to pursue a degree in optometry. Located in the suburb of Downers Grove, Midwestern University - Downers Grove is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a degree in optometry from Midwestern University - Downers Grove

Best Optometry Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Optometry Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Ohio	939	65
Michigan	915	37
Indiana	737	84

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Rankings in Majors Related to Optometry

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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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.