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2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Optometry

1 Ranked Colleges
190 Degrees Awarded
$46,800 Avg Cost*
Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Optometry

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Optometry” ranking.

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 the New England region, there were 190 optometry graduates with average earnings and debt of $68,650 and $0 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent optometry programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the optometry program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Optometry

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region vets studying optometry.

Top 1 Best Optometry Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region

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Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Optometry that were part of this year’s ranking, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 53 diplomas to qualified ’s optometry students in 2020-2021.

MCPHS University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.Our most recent data shows that 16 of the 7,501 students enrolled at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences were GI Bill® students, of which 7 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $26,279. During this same period, 3 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Veteran Student Life Report

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