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2023 Most Popular Optometry Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

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$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 Most Popular Optometry Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Southwest Region to see which doctor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Optometry program at each school on the list.

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

#1

University of Houston

Houston, TX

Our analysis found University of Houston to be the most popular school for optometry students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of Houston, UH is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 63% of the optometry majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of the Incarnate Word. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Optometry Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of San Antonio, UIW is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

About 69% of the students majoring in optometry at the school are women while 31% are male.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Midwestern University - Glendale is a great place for optometry students working on their doctor’s degree. Midwestern University - Glendale is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Glendale.

Of the 50 students majoring in optometry at Midwestern University - Glendale, 54% are male and 46% are female.

Full Optometry at Midwestern University - Glendale Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeastern State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Optometry Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the town of Tahlequah, NSU is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Of the 28 students majoring in optometry at NSU, 50% are male and 50% are female.

Read full report on Optometry at Northeastern State University

Best Optometry Colleges by State

Explore the best optometry schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

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.

  • 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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