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2023 Most Popular Optometry Schools in Illinois

2 Colleges
$96,414 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Optometry School for You

Optometry is the #17 most popular major in Illinois with 167 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. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Most Popular Optometry Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Illinois 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.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Optometry Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Illinois College of Optometry the most popular school in Illinois for optometry students. Located in the city of Chicago, Illinois College of Optometry is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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Out of the 2 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Midwestern University - Downers Grove landed the # 2 spot on the list. Midwestern University - Downers Grove is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Downers Grove.

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Best Optometry Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Most Popular Optometry Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Ohio 65
Michigan 37
Indiana 84

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 averages are for the top 2 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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