2023 Most Popular Optometry Schools in California
Finding the Best Optometry 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.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Most Popular Optometry Schools in California ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in California to see which programs were the most popular for healthcare students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Optometry program at each school on the list.
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2023 Most Popular Optometry Schools in California
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Optometry Colleges.
Most Popular California Schools in Optometry
Our analysis found Marshall B Ketchum University to be the most popular school for optometry students who want to pursue a degree in California. Located in the large suburb of Fullerton, MBKU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of California - Berkeley. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Optometry Schools in California list. Located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public college with a fairly large student population.
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Out of the 3 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Western University of Health Sciences landed the # 3 spot on the list. Western University of Health Sciences is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Pomona.
Best Optometry Colleges in the Far Western US Region
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Oregon | 88 |
Majors Related to Optometry
One of 30 majors within the healthcare area of study, optometry has other similar majors worth exploring.
Optometry Focus Areas
Major | Annual Graduates |
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Optometry | 1,822 |
Majors Similar to Optometry
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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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