by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Optometry Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 1,822 people earned their degree in optometry, making the major the 194th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, optometry graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $88,635 and had an average of $0 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Plains States region, there were 47 optometry graduates with average earnings and debt of $88,537 and $0 respectively.
This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in optometry.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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 “Schools Highly Focused on Optometry Major in the Plains States Region”.
You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools Highly Focused on Optometry Major in the Plains States Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - St Louis. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Optometry Major in the Plains States Region list. UMSL is a fairly large school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 47 ’s optometry degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
