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2023 Most Popular Optometry Schools in Texas

2 Colleges
$91,899 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Optometry School for You

In 2020-2021, 169 degrees and certificates were awarded to optometry students who went to a Texas college or university. This makes it the #165 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Optometry Schools in Texas ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Texas 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Optometry 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 degree in Texas. UH is a very large public school located in the city of Houston.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of the Incarnate Word. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Optometry Schools in Texas list. UIW is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Antonio.

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Best Optometry Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Most Popular Optometry Colleges in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 50
Oklahoma 28

One of 30 majors within the area of study, optometry has other similar majors worth exploring.

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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