Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services at Pacific University

20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you plan to study ophthalmic & optometric support services, take a look at what Pacific University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Pacific is located in Forest Grove, Oregon and approximately 3,808 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services section at the bottom of this page.

Pacific Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Optometric Support

Pacific Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services Rankings

The optometric support major at Pacific is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Optometric Support Student Demographics at Pacific

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the optometric support majors at Pacific University.

Pacific Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services Bachelor’s Program

70% Women

20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 30% of optometric support bachelor's degrees went to men and 70% went to women. The typical optometric support bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% men. So male students are more repesented at Pacific since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Pacific University with a bachelor's in optometric support.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services

If you plan to be a optometric support major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Pacific University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Ophthalmic and Optometric Support Services and Allied Professions	13

Careers That Optometric Support Grads May Go Into

A degree in optometric support can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for OR, the home state for Pacific University.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Dispensing Opticians	1,160	$42,660
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians	630	$42,170

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

College Factual
National Center for Education Statistics
O*NET Online
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