UC Berkeley Herbert Wertheim School of Optometry
Berkeley, CA · College town · Public · First class 1923
Fully accredited
- seats per class
- 69
- applications
- 415
- average GPA
- 3.76
- average OAT
- 360
- resident tuition
- $38,832
- four-year cost
- $241,098
Getting in
- Average GPA
- 3.76
- OAT
- 360 academic average · 370 total science
- Entering with a bachelor’s
- 100%
- From in state
- 51% of the class · 14 states represented
- Women in the class
- 80.6%
- Bachelor’s degree
- Yes
- Prerequisites
- Anatomy, physiology (w/lab), biochem, microbiology, statistics, psychology
- Shadowing
- Strongly recommended
- Deadline
- 12/11/26 · fee $66
What it costs
$192,918resident, four-year total
$241,098non-resident, four-year total
$214,208median across all 27 programs, for reference
- Tuition
- $38,832/yr resident · $50,877/yr non-resident
- Median graduate debt
- $158,727
Board results
NBEO Part I — 70.3%first-time, n=182
Part II — 97.3%first-time
Part III — 75.8%first-time
Ultimate pass rate — 91.2%including retakes
- Attrition
- 1.6% a year
Living there
72°FJuly high
44°FJanuary low
0″snow a year
96errands score
4.6Mmetro people
- One-bedroom rent
- $2,385/mo · all rentals $2,912
- Cost-of-living index
- 115.6
ACOE program directories & accreditation actions, theacoe.org (retrieved Aug 3, 2026)