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Most Popular Optometry Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

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2023 Most Popular Optometry Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

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Finding the Best Optometry Graduate Certificate School for You

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

With all the healthcare programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Most Popular Optometry Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 1 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which graduate certificate 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.

The school below is the most popular for optometry majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Our 2023 rankings named University of California - Berkeley the most popular school in the Far Western US Region for optometry students working on their graduate certificate. UC Berkeley is a fairly large public school located in the city of Berkeley.

About 95% of the students majoring in optometry at the school are women while 5% are male.

Full Optometry at University of California - Berkeley Report

Best Optometry Colleges by State

Explore the best optometry colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
Oregon 88
California 256

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

Optometry Concentrations

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 values are for the top school 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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