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Best Optometry Schools in the Plains States Region

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2023 Best Optometry Schools in the Plains States Region

1 College
$88,537 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Optometry School for You

Optometry is the #23 most popular major in the country with 1,822 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which healthcare program is right 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, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Best Optometry Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 1 schools in the Plains States Region to see which programs offered the best educational experiences for healthcare students.

View our full ranking methodology.

Check out the optometry programs at this school if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Best Optometry School

Our 2023 rankings named University of Missouri - St Louis the best school in the Plains States Region for optometry students. UMSL is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.

Read full report on Optometry at University of Missouri - St Louis

Best Optometry Colleges by State

Explore the best optometry colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 47

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

Optometry Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Optometry 1,822

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 values are for the top school 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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