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2023 Most Popular Optometry Schools in Illinois

2 Colleges
$96,414 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Optometry School for You

With 167 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, optometry is the #130 most popular major in Illinois.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Optometry Schools in Illinois ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Illinois to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Optometry program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for optometry majors pursuing a .

Our 2023 rankings named Illinois College of Optometry the most popular school in Illinois for optometry students. Located in the large city of Chicago, Illinois College of Optometry is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

Read full report on Optometry at Illinois College of Optometry

The excellent programs at Midwestern University - Downers Grove helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best optometry schools in Illinois. Midwestern University - Downers Grove is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Downers Grove.

Full Optometry at Midwestern University - Downers Grove Report

Best Optometry Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Most Popular Optometry Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 37
Ohio 65
Indiana 84

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 2 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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