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2023 Best Optometry Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

4 Colleges
$88,635 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Optometry Doctor's Degree School for You

Optometry is the #196 most popular major in the country with 1,822 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Optometry Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Optometry Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Optometry Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Top Southwest Region Schools for a Doctorate in Optometry

Our analysis found Midwestern University - Glendale to be the best school for optometry students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Southwest Region . Midwestern University - Glendale is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Glendale.

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#2

University of Houston

Houston, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Optometry Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Houston, UH is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of the Incarnate Word is a great place for optometry students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of San Antonio, UIW is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Northeastern State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best optometry schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the remote town of Tahlequah, NSU is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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Best Optometry Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Texas 169
Arizona 50
Oklahoma 28

Optometry is one of 30 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 84,492
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Allied Health Professions 82,308

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

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