Midwestern University Chicago College of Optometry
Downers Grove, IL · Suburban · Private · First class 2017
Fully accreditedOD/MPH · OD/MS
- seats per class
- 63
- applications
- 738
- average GPA
- 3.54
- average OAT
- 324
- tuition per year
- $49,634
- four-year cost
- $214,569
Accreditation
This program is fully accredited.
Initial full accreditation effective Dec 2020.
Getting in
- Average GPA
- 3.54
- OAT
- 324 academic average · 310 total science
- Entering with a bachelor’s
- 100%
- From in state
- 20% of the class · 20 states represented
- Women in the class
- 70.7%
- Bachelor’s degree
- Preferred, not required
- Prerequisites
- Calculus, biochem, microbiology, statistics, psychology
- Shadowing
- Strongly recommended
- Deadline
- 4/1/27 · fee None
What it costs
$214,569four-year total, the same for everyone
$214,208median across all 27 programs, for reference
- Tuition
- $49,634/yr, the same for everyone
- Median graduate debt
- $294,329
Board results
NBEO Part I — 56.5%first-time, n=154
Part II — 78.6%first-time
Part III — 83.1%first-time
Ultimate pass rate — 90.9%including retakes
- Attrition
- 1.3% a year
Living there
84°FJuly high
18°FJanuary low
38″snow a year
45errands score
9.4Mmetro people
- One-bedroom rent
- $1,581/mo · all rentals $1,781
- Cost-of-living index
- 103.6
ACOE program directories & accreditation actions, theacoe.org (retrieved Aug 3, 2026)