100 Best colleges for Optometry in the United States

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Below is a list of best universities in the United States ranked based on their research performance in Optometry. A graph of 1.02M citations received by 59.3K academic papers made by 220 universities in the United States was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. Johns Hopkins University

For Optometry

#2 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$24,034

2. Harvard University

For Optometry

#3 in the World
Acceptance Rate
3%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$19,491

3. University of California - Berkeley

For Optometry

#7 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Receiving Aid
60%
Average Aid
$21,669
Enrollment
45,307

4. SUNY College of Optometry

For Optometry

#9 in the World
Acceptance Rate
33%
Enrollment
409
Male:Female
24:76
Founded
1971

5. Ohio State University

For Optometry

#10 in the World
Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
83%

6. University of Miami

For Optometry

#13 in the World
Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$36,467

7. University of Houston

For Optometry

#14 in the World
Acceptance Rate
66%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
83%

8. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Optometry

#16 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
58%

9. University of California-San Diego

For Optometry

#17 in the World
Acceptance Rate
24%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$20,782
Enrollment
42,006

10. University of California - San Francisco

For Optometry

#18 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
3,140
Male:Female
35:65
Founded
1864

11. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Optometry

#20 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
74%

12. University of Southern California

For Optometry

#21 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$36,808

13. Stanford University

For Optometry

#24 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,279

14. University of Alabama at Birmingham

For Optometry

#25 in the World
Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1305
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
96%

15. University of Pennsylvania

For Optometry

#27 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,123

16. University of Iowa

For Optometry

#28 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1235
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
91%

17. University of California - Los Angeles

For Optometry

#30 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Receiving Aid
57%
Average Aid
$21,766
Enrollment
46,430

18. University of Illinois at Chicago

For Optometry

#31 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1225
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
81%

19. Emory University

For Optometry

#32 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1490
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$26,680

20. University of Washington - Seattle

For Optometry

#34 in the World
Acceptance Rate
48%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$14,731
Enrollment
52,319

21. Baylor College of Medicine

For Optometry

#35 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Enrollment
1,610
Male:Female
40:60
Founded
1900

22. University of Utah

For Optometry

#38 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
99%

23. Duke University

For Optometry

#39 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$23,694

24. University of California - Davis

For Optometry

#41 in the World
Acceptance Rate
37%
Receiving Aid
63%
Average Aid
$20,548
Enrollment
39,679

25. Columbia University

For Optometry

#42 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$22,058

26. New York University

For Optometry

#43 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$29,499

27. Cornell University

For Optometry

#44 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,060

28. University of Arizona

For Optometry

#47 in the World
Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1255
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
98%

29. New England College of Optometry

For Optometry

#49 in the World
Acceptance Rate
23%
Enrollment
536
Male:Female
23:77
Founded
1894

30. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Optometry

#50 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
82%

31. Oregon Health & Science University

For Optometry

#51 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
2,870
Male:Female
30:70
Founded
1887

32. Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science

For Optometry

#53 in the World
Acceptance Rate
64%
Net Price
$11,830
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$2,182

33. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Optometry

#54 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1555
Average ACT
36
Net Price
$20,232

34. University of Pittsburgh

For Optometry

#56 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
87%

35. University of Rochester

For Optometry

#58 in the World
Acceptance Rate
39%
Average SAT
1465
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$39,775

36. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

For Optometry

#60 in the World
Enrollment
2,354
Male:Female
45:55
Founded
1943

37. University of Florida

For Optometry

#61 in the World
Acceptance Rate
23%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

38. Northwestern University

For Optometry

#69 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$22,095

39. Yale University

For Optometry

#70 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,647

40. Tufts University

For Optometry

#71 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$30,479

41. University of Chicago

For Optometry

#73 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$36,991

42. Vanderbilt University

For Optometry

#74 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$25,606

43. Case Western Reserve University

For Optometry

#80 in the World
Acceptance Rate
27%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$38,279

44. Thomas Jefferson University

For Optometry

#82 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
29
Net Price
$28,110

45. Washington University in St Louis

For Optometry

#83 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$23,432

46. Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis

For Optometry

#100 in the World
Acceptance Rate
83%
Average SAT
1150
Average ACT
24
Receiving Aid
91%

47. University of Baltimore

For Optometry

#102 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Average SAT
985
Receiving Aid
90%
Average Aid
$7,544

48. Wayne State University

For Optometry

#106 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1150
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
98%

50. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

For Optometry

#109 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
1,253
Male:Female
40:60
Founded
1963

51. Boston University

For Optometry

#114 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$27,829

52. Marshall B Ketchum University

For Optometry

#115 in the World
Acceptance Rate
23%
Enrollment
685
Male:Female
28:72
Founded
1904

53. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Optometry

#119 in the World
Acceptance Rate
66%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
70%

54. Pennsylvania State University

For Optometry

#121 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Average SAT
1300
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
68%

55. Medical University of South Carolina

For Optometry

#123 in the World
Acceptance Rate
56%
Enrollment
3,175
Male:Female
29:71
Founded
1824

56. University of Louisville

For Optometry

#127 in the World
Acceptance Rate
82%
Average SAT
1170
Average ACT
23
Receiving Aid
98%

57. Medical College of Wisconsin

For Optometry

#132 in the World
Enrollment
1,615
Male:Female
41:59
Founded
1893

58. Illinois College of Optometry

For Optometry

#137 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
481
Male:Female
27:73
Founded
1872

59. University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

For Optometry

#140 in the World
Enrollment
5,354
Male:Female
29:71
Founded
1972

60. University of California - Irvine

For Optometry

#145 in the World
Acceptance Rate
21%
Receiving Aid
80%
Average Aid
$17,411
Enrollment
35,937

61. Indiana University - Bloomington

For Optometry

#146 in the World
Acceptance Rate
82%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
83%

62. Georgetown University

For Optometry

#152 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1485
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$35,566

63. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Optometry

#154 in the World
Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
59%

64. Nova Southeastern University

For Optometry

#158 in the World
Acceptance Rate
76%
Average SAT
1175
Average ACT
24
Net Price
$29,589

65. Brown University

For Optometry

#159 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,723

66. Stony Brook University

For Optometry

#161 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1410
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
88%

67. University of Maryland, Baltimore

For Optometry

#166 in the World
Acceptance Rate
65%
Enrollment
6,931
Male:Female
27:73
Founded
1807

68. Salus University

For Optometry

#167 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Enrollment
1,165
Male:Female
20:80
Founded
1919

69. University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

For Optometry

#169 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
3,518
Male:Female
35:65
Founded
1959

70. CUNY City College

For Optometry

#170 in the World
Acceptance Rate
67%
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$9,822
Enrollment
14,489

71. Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

For Optometry

#176 in the World
Acceptance Rate
27%
Enrollment
2,740
Male:Female
28:72
Founded
1931

72. University of Kentucky

For Optometry

#182 in the World
Acceptance Rate
95%
Average SAT
1180
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
96%

73. Florida College

For Optometry

#187 in the World
Acceptance Rate
72%
Average SAT
1065
Average ACT
23
Net Price
$21,360

74. University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

For Optometry

#188 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1145
Average ACT
24
Receiving Aid
94%

75. New York Medical College

For Optometry

#194 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Enrollment
1,454
Male:Female
41:59
Founded
1860

76. Providence College

For Optometry

#195 in the World
Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1340
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$43,970

77. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

For Optometry

#196 in the World
Acceptance Rate
76%
Average SAT
1230
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
98%

78. University of Missouri - St Louis

For Optometry

#202 in the World
Acceptance Rate
51%
Average SAT
1125
Average ACT
24
Receiving Aid
97%

79. University of Virginia

For Optometry

#205 in the World
Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1470
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
54%

80. George Washington University

For Optometry

#209 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1410
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$42,723

81. Pacific University

For Optometry

#210 in the World
Acceptance Rate
92%
Average SAT
1180
Average ACT
23
Net Price
$33,472

82. Michigan State University

For Optometry

#212 in the World
Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
94%

83. Texas Tech University

For Optometry

#216 in the World
Acceptance Rate
67%
Average SAT
1185
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
88%

84. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

For Optometry

#219 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
3,240
Male:Female
28:72
Founded
1879

85. University of Cincinnati

For Optometry

#220 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
84%

86. Seattle University

For Optometry

#221 in the World
Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1265
Average ACT
27
Net Price
$35,412

87. University of Nebraska Medical Center

For Optometry

#222 in the World
Acceptance Rate
47%
Enrollment
3,660
Male:Female
29:71
Founded
1869

88. University of Maryland - College Park

For Optometry

#224 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
63%

89. Albany Medical College

For Optometry

#225 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
837
Male:Female
38:62
Founded
1839

90. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Optometry

#226 in the World
Acceptance Rate
26%
Receiving Aid
59%
Average Aid
$20,389
Enrollment
26,420

91. University of Missouri - Columbia

For Optometry

#227 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
91%

92. Carnegie Mellon University

For Optometry

#230 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$33,499

93. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Optometry

#232 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
64%

94. University of Missouri - Kansas City

For Optometry

#237 in the World
Acceptance Rate
69%
Average SAT
1398
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
96%

95. University of Texas at Austin

For Optometry

#243 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
89%

96. University of Texas Medical Branch

For Optometry

#244 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
3,361
Male:Female
29:71
Founded
1891

97. Wake Forest University

For Optometry

#246 in the World
Acceptance Rate
21%
Net Price
$26,197
Receiving Aid
37%
Average Aid
$54,233

98. University of South Florida

For Optometry

#247 in the World
Acceptance Rate
44%
Average SAT
1235
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
90%

99. Tulane University of Louisiana

For Optometry

#251 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$50,263

100. Mississippi State University

For Optometry

#252 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1175
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
98%

The best cities to study Optometry in the United States based on the number of universities and their ranks are Baltimore, Cambridge, Berkeley, and New York.