University of Detroit Mercy School of Optometry
Novi, MI · Suburban · Private · First class 2025
Preliminary approvalNew programFaith-based
- seats per class
- 35
- applications
- 228
- average GPA
- 3.46
- average OAT
- 303
- tuition per year
- $45,500
- four-year cost
- $197,738
Accreditation
This program is preliminary approval.
Newest program: inaugural class began Aug 2025. Preliminary Approval continued June 2026; next ACOE visit spring 2027. No board or attrition data exist yet.
A program in preliminary approval is expected to reach full accreditation before its first class graduates, but it has not yet, and that is a real difference from a fully accredited program.
Getting in
- Average GPA
- 3.46
- OAT
- 303 academic average · 296 total science
- Entering with a bachelor’s
- 100%
- From in state
- 22% of the class · 9 states represented
- Women in the class
- 88.6%
- Bachelor’s degree
- No; 90+ semester hrs required
- Prerequisites
- Anatomy/physiology or biochem, organic chem, microbiology, statistics, psychology
- Shadowing
- Required, min 10 hrs with a non-relative OD
- Deadline
- 5/27/27 · fee None
What it costs
$197,738four-year total, the same for everyone
$214,208median across all 27 programs, for reference
- Tuition
- $45,500/yr, the same for everyone
- Median graduate debt
- No graduates yet
Board results
No board results exist yetThe first class started in 2025 and has not sat the boards yet.
Living there
83°FJuly high
19°FJanuary low
45″snow a year
47errands score
4.4Mmetro people
- One-bedroom rent
- $1,122/mo · all rentals $1,411
- Cost-of-living index
- 100.3
ACOE program directories & accreditation actions, theacoe.org (retrieved Aug 3, 2026)