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2023 Most Popular Optometry Doctor's Degree Schools in California

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$88,635 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Optometry Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 256 degrees and certificates were awarded to optometry students who went to a California college or university. This makes it the #18 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which healthcare 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, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Most Popular Optometry Doctor's Degree Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in California to see which ones were the most popular doctor's degree programs for healthcare 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.

Our analysis found Marshall B Ketchum University to be the most popular school for optometry students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in California. Located in the large suburb of Fullerton, MBKU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

Of the 98 students majoring in optometry at MBKU, 31% are male and 69% are female.

Read full report on Optometry at Marshall B Ketchum University

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Western University of Health Sciences is a great place for optometry students working on their doctor’s degree. Western University of Health Sciences is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Pomona.

Of the 75 students majoring in optometry at Western University of Health Sciences, 31% are male and 69% are female.

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The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at University of California - Berkeley helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular optometry schools in California. Located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public college with a very large student population.

About 78% of the students majoring in optometry at the school are women while 22% are male.

Full Optometry at University of California - Berkeley Report

Best Optometry Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Oregon 88

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

Optometry Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Optometry 1,822

Majors Similar to Optometry

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 3 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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