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