Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services at Pacific University

If you are interested in studying ophthalmic and optometric support services, you may want to check out the program at Pacific University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Pacific is located in Forest Grove, Oregon and approximately 3,808 students attend the school each year. Of the 470 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Pacific University in 2021, 13 of them were ophthalmic and optometric support services majors.

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 following rankings from College Factual show how the optometric support progam at Pacific compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Optometric Support Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1
	16
Most Focused Optometric Support Services Schools	27

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

Of the 13 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services from Pacific in 2020-2021, 38% were men and 62% were women. The typical optometric support bachelor's degree program is made up of only 22% men. So male students are more repesented at Pacific since its program graduates 16% 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	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	1
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Pacific also has a doctoral program available in optometric support. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Public Health
• Health & Medical Administrative Services
• Dental Support Services
• Communication Sciences
• Allied Health Professions

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
• Image Credit: By M.O. Stevens under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.