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2023 Most Popular Optometry Schools in Tennessee

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Finding the Best Optometry School for You

With 134 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, optometry is the #16 most popular major in Tennessee.

There are so many healthcare programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Healthcare Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Optometry Schools in Tennessee ranking. This report analyzed 1 schools in Tennessee to see which ones were the most popular programs 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 school tops our list of the Most Popular Optometry Colleges.

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

Full Optometry at Southern College of Optometry Report

Best Optometry Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Optometry Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 107
Kentucky 55
Alabama 50

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 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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