SUNY College of Optometry
New York, NY · Big city · Public · First class 1971
Fully accreditedOD/MS · OD/PhD
- seats per class
- 96
- applications
- 467
- average GPA
- 3.67
- average OAT
- 350
- resident tuition
- $32,200
- four-year cost
- $225,152
Getting in
- Average GPA
- 3.67
- OAT
- 350 academic average · 350 total science
- Entering with a bachelor’s
- 96%
- From in state
- 49% of the class · 15 states represented
- Women in the class
- 78.3%
- Bachelor’s degree
- No, but highly recommended
- Prerequisites
- Organic chem, biochem, microbiology, statistics, psychology
- Shadowing
- Strongly recommended
- Deadline
- 3/1/27 · fee $40
What it costs
$143,152resident, four-year total
$225,152non-resident, four-year total
$214,208median across all 27 programs, for reference
- Tuition
- $32,200/yr resident · $52,700/yr non-resident
- Median graduate debt
- $176,050
Board results
NBEO Part I — 75.6%first-time, n=283
Part II — 91.9%first-time
Part III — 76.3%first-time
Ultimate pass rate — 90.8%including retakes
- Attrition
- 1.8% a year
Living there
85°FJuly high
28°FJanuary low
30″snow a year
100errands score
19.9Mmetro people
- One-bedroom rent
- $2,655/mo · all rentals $2,910
- Cost-of-living index
- 112.6
About this program
Almost all out-of-state students convert to in-state rates after year 1 (ASCO 3.5 note).
ACOE program directories & accreditation actions, theacoe.org (retrieved Aug 3, 2026)