Inter American University of Puerto Rico School of Optometry

Bayamón, PR · Big city · Private · First class 1981

Accreditation withdrawn

seats per class: 49
applications: 204
average GPA: 3.40
average OAT: 280
resident tuition: $31,000
four-year cost: $133,511

Accreditation

This program is accreditation withdrawn.

ACOE voted to WITHDRAW accreditation June 17–19, 2026 (Standard 2.7). Final 30 days after the July 17, 2026 notice unless appealed; teach-out for enrolled students runs to July 1, 2030. Still listed in OptomCAS for 2026–27 — applicants should verify status directly.

Enrolled students are covered by a teach-out, but this program is no longer accepting the risk-free assumption that it will be accredited when you graduate. Verify its status directly before applying.

Getting in

Average GPA: 3.40
OAT: 280 academic average · 261 total science
Entering with a bachelor’s: 94%
From in state: 31% of the class · 11 states represented
Women in the class: 72.5%
Bachelor’s degree: No
Prerequisites: Calculus, organic chem, biochem, microbiology, statistics, psychology
Shadowing: Strongly recommended
Deadline: 5/15/27 · fee None

What it costs

$130,511resident, four-year total

$133,511non-resident, four-year total

$214,208median across all 27 programs, for reference

Tuition: $31,000/yr resident · $33,000/yr non-resident
Median graduate debt: $162,000

Board results

NBEO Part I — 20.8%first-time, n=77

Part II — 36.4%first-time

Part III — 35.1%first-time

Ultimate pass rate — 75.3%including retakes

Attrition: 3.9% a year

Living there

89°FJuly high

70°FJanuary low

0″snow a year

47errands score

2.0Mmetro people

One-bedroom rent: $572/mo · all rentals $663
Cost-of-living index: 102.3 (C2ER Cost of Living Index 2024, San Juan–Bayamón–Caguas metro (urban-participant average = 100), collected by the PR Institute of Statistics — BEA's price index doesn't cover Puerto Rico)

On the rent figuresSan Juan-Guaynabo HMFA

ACOE program directories & accreditation actions, theacoe.org (retrieved Aug 3, 2026)

Accreditation

This program is accreditation withdrawn.

Getting in

Average GPA

3.40

OAT

280 academic average · 261 total science

Entering with a bachelor’s

94%

From in state

31% of the class · 11 states represented

Women in the class

72.5%

Bachelor’s degree

Prerequisites

Calculus, organic chem, biochem, microbiology, statistics, psychology

Shadowing

Strongly recommended

Deadline

5/15/27 · fee None

Living there

89°FJuly high

70°FJanuary low

0″snow a year

47errands score

2.0Mmetro people

One-bedroom rent

$572/mo · all rentals $663

Cost-of-living index

102.3 (C2ER Cost of Living Index 2024, San Juan–Bayamón–Caguas metro (urban-participant average = 100), collected by the PR Institute of Statistics — BEA's price index doesn't cover Puerto Rico)

On the rent figuresSan Juan-Guaynabo HMFA