MCPHS University School of Optometry
Worcester, MA · Big city · Private · First class 2012
Fully accreditedOD/MPH
- seats per class
- 59
- applications
- 535
- average GPA
- 3.28
- average OAT
- 310
- tuition per year
- $53,760
- four-year cost
- $235,184
Accreditation
This program is fully accredited.
Dropped to Accredited with Conditions June 2024; restored to full Accredited July 2025.
Getting in
- Average GPA
- 3.28
- OAT
- 310 academic average · 302 total science
- Entering with a bachelor’s
- 88%
- From in state
- 7% of the class · 19 states represented
- Women in the class
- 71.9%
- Bachelor’s degree
- Preferred
- Prerequisites
- Organic chem, biochem, microbiology, statistics, psychology
- Shadowing
- Recommended
- Deadline
- 5/1/27 · fee None
What it costs
$235,184four-year total, the same for everyone
$214,208median across all 27 programs, for reference
- Tuition
- $53,760/yr, the same for everyone
- Median graduate debt
- $250,459
Board results
NBEO Part I — 40.5%first-time, n=158
Part II — 65.2%first-time
Part III — 70.9%first-time
Ultimate pass rate — 60.1%including retakes
- Attrition
- 3.1% a year
Living there
82°FJuly high
16°FJanuary low
73″snow a year
90errands score
889kmetro people
- One-bedroom rent
- $1,599/mo · all rentals $2,056
- Cost-of-living index
- 102.5
ACOE program directories & accreditation actions, theacoe.org (retrieved Aug 3, 2026)