Pennsylvania College of Optometry at Drexel University
Elkins Park, PA · Suburban · Private · First class 1919
Fully accredited
- seats per class
- 126
- applications
- 825
- average GPA
- 3.38
- average OAT
- 306
- tuition per year
- $50,058
- four-year cost
- $219,021
Accreditation
This program is fully accredited.
Formerly Salus University PCO; Salus merged into Drexel (final July 2025).
Getting in
- Average GPA
- 3.38
- OAT
- 306 academic average · 295 total science
- Entering with a bachelor’s
- 96%
- From in state
- 42% of the class · 23 states represented
- Women in the class
- 70.6%
- Bachelor’s degree
- No
- Prerequisites
- Organic chem I & II, biochem, microbiology, statistics, psychology
- Shadowing
- Required, 25 hrs (optometry or ophthalmology)
- Deadline
- 5/1/27 · fee None
What it costs
$219,021four-year total, the same for everyone
$214,208median across all 27 programs, for reference
- Tuition
- $50,058/yr, the same for everyone
- Median graduate debt
- $242,731
Board results
NBEO Part I — 54.8%first-time, n=416
Part II — 77.4%first-time
Part III — 76%first-time
Ultimate pass rate — 79.3%including retakes
- Attrition
- 3.9% a year
Living there
87°FJuly high
25°FJanuary low
22″snow a year
72errands score
6.3Mmetro people
- One-bedroom rent
- $1,520/mo · all rentals $1,810
- Cost-of-living index
- 102.6
About this program
Plus an 18-student Accelerated Scholars cohort (GPA 3.73, OAT 353) alongside the traditional class in the 2025 profile.
ACOE program directories & accreditation actions, theacoe.org (retrieved Aug 3, 2026)