Indiana University School of Optometry
Bloomington, IN · College town · Public · First class 1953
Fully accreditedOD/MBA · OD/MS · OD/PhD
- seats per class
- 92
- applications
- 575
- average GPA
- 3.78
- average OAT
- —
- resident tuition
- $35,278
- four-year cost
- $203,234
Getting in
- Average GPA
- 3.78
- OAT
- Not published · test-optional
- Entering with a bachelor’s
- 92%
- From in state
- 27% of the class · 25 states represented
- Women in the class
- 75.7%
- Bachelor’s degree
- Preferred; Early Admission offered
- Prerequisites
- Calculus or finite, organic chem, biochem, microbiology, statistics, psychology
- Shadowing
- Strongly recommended
- Deadline
- 1/31/27 · fee $70
On the OAT figuresIndiana went test-optional in 2021 and has not published an OAT average since — not even for the subset who submit scores (verified against IU's class-profile posts and the ASCO 2022–2025 profiles). Last published means, Fall 2020 entrants: 321 academic average / 310 total science. The Chances badge uses GPA alone here.
What it costs
$153,090resident, four-year total
$203,234non-resident, four-year total
$214,208median across all 27 programs, for reference
- Tuition
- $35,278/yr resident · $47,814/yr non-resident
- Median graduate debt
- $199,527
Board results
NBEO Part I — 59.1%first-time, n=252
Part II — 85.7%first-time
Part III — 67.1%first-time
Ultimate pass rate — 82.5%including retakes
- Attrition
- 4.2% a year
Living there
86°FJuly high
22°FJanuary low
18″snow a year
92errands score
165kmetro people
- One-bedroom rent
- $1,072/mo · all rentals $1,210
- Cost-of-living index
- 95.1
About this program
OAT-optional since the Fall 2021 cycle, so no OAT mean has been published since — verified in IU's announcement and the ASCO 2022/2023 profiles; no submitter-only average exists either. Last published means (Fall 2020 entrants): 321 academic average / 310 total science. The Chances badge for Indiana uses GPA alone.
ACOE program directories & accreditation actions, theacoe.org (retrieved Aug 3, 2026)