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Most Popular Optometry Schools in the New England Region

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2023 Most Popular Optometry Schools in the New England Region

2 Colleges
$68,650 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Optometry School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, optometry was ranked #23 in the country. In fact 1,822 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's healthcare students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the New England Region 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for optometry majors pursuing a .

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

Full Optometry at New England College of Optometry Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is a great place for optometry students. MCPHS University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

Read full report on Optometry at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Best Optometry Colleges by State

Explore the best optometry schools for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 190

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

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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