2023 Most Popular Optometry Schools in Illinois
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.
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2023 Most Popular Optometry Schools in Illinois
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Optometry Colleges.
Most Popular Illinois Schools in Optometry
Our analysis found Illinois College of Optometry to be the most popular school for optometry students who want to pursue a degree in Illinois. Located in the large city of Chicago, Illinois College of Optometry is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The excellent programs at Midwestern University - Downers Grove helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best optometry schools in Illinois. Midwestern University - Downers Grove is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Downers Grove.
Best Optometry Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
Explore all the Most Popular Optometry Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Ohio | 65 |
Michigan | 37 |
Indiana | 84 |
Optometry Related Majors
Optometry is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.
Optometry Concentrations
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 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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