UAB School of Optometry
Birmingham, AL · Big city · Public · First class 1969
Fully accreditedOD/MBA · OD/MPH · OD/MS
- seats per class
- 56
- applications
- 461
- average GPA
- 3.71
- average OAT
- 329
- resident tuition
- $31,656
- four-year cost
- $217,476
Getting in
- Average GPA
- 3.71
- OAT
- 329 academic average · 325 total science
- Entering with a bachelor’s
- 99%
- From in state
- 14% of the class · 15 states represented
- Women in the class
- 69.9%
- Bachelor’s degree
- Strongly preferred
- Prerequisites
- Biochem, microbiology, statistics, psychology all required (1 course each)
- Shadowing
- Required, 40 hrs
- Deadline
- 4/1/27 · fee $75
What it costs
$135,504resident, four-year total
$217,476non-resident, four-year total
$214,208median across all 27 programs, for reference
- Tuition
- $31,656/yr resident · $54,012/yr non-resident
- Median graduate debt
- $185,116
Board results
NBEO Part I — 71.5%first-time, n=151
Part II — 90.7%first-time
Part III — 83.4%first-time
Ultimate pass rate — 86.1%including retakes
- Attrition
- 0.5% a year
Living there
91°FJuly high
33°FJanuary low
1″snow a year
93errands score
1.1Mmetro people
- One-bedroom rent
- $1,155/mo · all rentals $1,266
- Cost-of-living index
- 91.6
ACOE program directories & accreditation actions, theacoe.org (retrieved Aug 3, 2026)