University of Houston College of Optometry
Houston, TX · Big city · Public · First class 1952
Fully accreditedOD/MS · OD/PhD
- seats per class
- 100
- applications
- 734
- average GPA
- 3.61
- average OAT
- 337
- resident tuition
- $26,075
- four-year cost
- $220,971
Getting in
- Average GPA
- 3.61
- OAT
- 337 academic average · 330 total science
- Entering with a bachelor’s
- 100%
- From in state
- 76% of the class · 13 states represented
- Women in the class
- 72.6%
- Bachelor’s degree
- Yes
- Prerequisites
- Anatomy/physiology, organic chem, biochem, microbiology, statistics, psychology
- Shadowing
- Required, min 20 hrs in 2 settings
- Deadline
- 2/28/27 · fee $50
What it costs
$128,931resident, four-year total
$220,971non-resident, four-year total
$214,208median across all 27 programs, for reference
- Tuition
- $26,075/yr resident · $46,355/yr non-resident
- Median graduate debt
- $153,334
Board results
NBEO Part I — 60.5%first-time, n=271
Part II — 87.1%first-time
Part III — 69.7%first-time
Ultimate pass rate — 84.5%including retakes
- Attrition
- 3% a year
Living there
94°FJuly high
44°FJanuary low
0″snow a year
83errands score
7.8Mmetro people
- One-bedroom rent
- $1,323/mo · all rentals $1,573
- Cost-of-living index
- 98.6
ACOE program directories & accreditation actions, theacoe.org (retrieved Aug 3, 2026)