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2023 Best Optometry Colleges for Veterans in New York

1 Ranked Colleges
90 Degrees Awarded
Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Optometry

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Optometry” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Optometry is the 194th most popular major in the country with 1,822 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 New York, there were 90 optometry graduates with average earnings and debt of $81,001 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great optometry programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the optometry program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Optometry” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Optometry

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Optometry”.

Top 1 Best Optometry Colleges for Veterans in New York

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SUNY College of Optometry
New York, New York

Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Optometry that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY College of Optometry landed the #1 spot on the list. New York, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s optometry degrees to 90 students in 2020-2021.

SUNY Optometry did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.Our most recent data shows that 2 of the 402 students enrolled at SUNY College of Optometry were GI Bill® students, of which 2 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $15,179. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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