Find Your Optometry School

Every accredited Doctor of Optometry program in the US, Puerto Rico, and Canada, side by side. You decide what matters — there are no rankings here.

27 Programs

enrolling in the US, PR & Canada

3 on the way

planned, not yet enrolling

$214k

median direct expenses, non-resident (program total)

$200k

median of schools' average graduate debt

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	ADMISSIONS			COSTS		LIFE ON CAMPUS		OUTCOMES
School ▲	Seats	GPA	OAT	Cost†	1BR rent	Fun	Climate	Boards*	Chances
Ferris State University Michigan College of OptometryBig Rapids, MI · Public	37	3.71	334	$188k	$796	Sleepy	14–82°Fheavy snow	74%	TARGET
Illinois College of OptometryChicago, IL · Private	125	3.59	334	$239k	$1,581	Lively	21–85°Fheavy snow	71%	TARGET
Indiana University School of OptometryBloomington, IN · Public	92	3.78	i	$203k	$1,072	Decent	22–86°Fsome snow	59%	REACH
Inter American University of Puerto Rico School of OptometryBayamón, PR · PrivateAccreditation withdrawn	49	3.40	280	$134k	$572	Quiet	70–89°Fno snow	21%	LIKELY
MCPHS University School of OptometryWorcester, MA · Private	59	3.28	310	$235k	$1,599	Lively	16–82°Fheavy snow	41%	LIKELY
Midwestern University Arizona College of OptometryGlendale, AZ · Private	72	3.69	333	$214k	$1,583	Quiet	46–106°Fno snow	80%	TARGET
Midwestern University Chicago College of OptometryDowners Grove, IL · Private	63	3.54	324	$215k	$1,581	Decent	18–84°Fheavy snow	57%	LIKELY
New England College of OptometryBoston, MA · Private	140	3.56	331	$203k	$2,476	Buzzing	24–82°Fheavy snow	66%	TARGET
Nova Southeastern University College of OptometryFort Lauderdale, FL · Private	106	3.54	325	$193k	$1,900	Quiet	61–91°Fno snow	53%	LIKELY
NSU Oklahoma College of OptometryTahlequah, OK · Public	28	3.68	323	$235k	$769	Sleepy	27–92°Flight snow	77%	TARGET
Pacific University College of OptometryForest Grove, OR · Private	90	3.49	321	$221k	$1,677	Quiet	35–82°Flight snow	78%	LIKELY
Pennsylvania College of Optometry at Drexel UniversityElkins Park, PA · Private	126	3.38	306	$219k	$1,520	Decent	25–87°Fsome snow	55%	LIKELY
Rocky Mountain University College of Optometric MedicineProvo, UT · PrivateConditional accreditation	70	3.50	307	$206k	$1,265	Quiet	21–92°Fheavy snow	—	LIKELY
SCCO at Marshall B. Ketchum UniversityFullerton, CA · Private	103	3.54	343	$223k	$2,746	Decent	46–87°Fno snow	76%	REACH
Southern College of OptometryMemphis, TN · Private	140	3.68	332	$196k	$1,154	Decent	32–92°Flight snow	81%	TARGET
SUNY College of OptometryNew York, NY · Public	96	3.67	350	$225k	$2,655	Buzzing	28–85°Fsome snow	76%	REACH
The Ohio State University College of OptometryColumbus, OH · Public	69	3.86	358	$183k	$1,194	Lively	22–85°Fsome snow	94%	REACH
UAB School of OptometryBirmingham, AL · Public	56	3.71	329	$217k	$1,155	Decent	33–91°Flight snow	72%	TARGET
UC Berkeley Herbert Wertheim School of OptometryBerkeley, CA · Public	69	3.76	360	$241k	$2,385	Lively	44–72°Fno snow	70%	REACH
UIW Rosenberg School of OptometrySan Antonio, TX · Private · faith	74	3.36	300	$190k	$1,177	Quiet	40–96°Fno snow	53%	LIKELY
University of Detroit Mercy School of OptometryNovi, MI · Private · faithPreliminary accreditation	35	3.46	303	$198k	$1,122	Quiet	19–83°Fheavy snow	—	LIKELY
University of Houston College of OptometryHouston, TX · Public	100	3.61	337	$221k	$1,323	Decent	44–94°Fno snow	61%	TARGET
University of Missouri–St. Louis College of OptometrySt. Louis, MO · Public	46	3.50	318	$246k	$995	Quiet	24–90°Fsome snow	74%	LIKELY
University of Pikeville Kentucky College of OptometryPikeville, KY · Private · faith	60	3.52	301	$195k	$745	Sleepy	26–86°Fsome snow	63%	LIKELY
University of Waterloo School of Optometry & Vision ScienceWaterloo, ON · Canada · Public	91	88%	366	$256k	$1,104	Decent	14–80°Fheavy snow	98%	REACH
Université de Montréal École d'optométrieMontreal, QC · Canada · PublicFRENCH-LANGUAGE	56	R 36	i	$64k	$808	Lively	8–80°Fheavy snow	96%	n/a
Western University of Health Sciences College of OptometryPomona, CA · Private	52	3.27	303	$198k	$2,085	Decent	44–93°Fno snow	27%	LIKELY

Fun bars: social · culture · outdoors; red low → purple high, hover for numbersJanuary low → July high, on the same scale every rowLight bar below the 27-school median, dark above; grey tick marks itColoured rail: an accreditation status worth reading before you apply*Boards first-time, 3-yr candidate-weighted 2022–25: NBEO Part I for US/PR schools, OEBC written (the Canadian licensing exam) for Waterloo and Montréal. †Direct expenses, non-resident, program total; Canadian figures USD-converted at the US-applicant rate.

Cost against board pass rate

Non-resident program cost against the three-year first-time boards average (NBEO Part I; OEBC written for the two Canadian schools — what a US applicant would pay and the licensing exam those graduates actually sit). Up and to the left is more school for less money. Dots outside your current filters fade back; click one to open that school's row.

Below median cost and above median pass rateEvery other programThick ring = accreditation flaggedDashed lines are the median on each axis; the green corner is only cheaper-and-stronger than the median, not a ranking. Detroit Mercy, Rocky Mountain and Montréal have no board results yet and are not plotted.

Coming soon: 3 programs in the ACOE pipeline (not yet enrolling)

High Point University School of Optometry — High Point, NC. ACOE Stage 2; preliminary-approval site visit completed May 2026, decision pending. Not yet enrolling. School page ↗

UNC Pembroke College of Optometric Medicine — Pembroke, NC. ACOE Stage 1 (public university). Proposed; no enrollment date announced. School page ↗

UT Rio Grande Valley School of Optometry — McAllen, TX. ACOE Stage 1 (public). State approval Jan 2025; first class planned fall 2027 (~40 seats). School page ↗

Source: ACOE program directories & accreditation actions, theacoe.org (retrieved Aug 3, 2026).

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