2025 Best Optical Enginering Bachelor's Degree Schools

Optical Engineringbachelor's programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major degree program ranks #788 out of the 1232 majors we look at each year. While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of optical enginering. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 65 bachelor's degrees in optical enginering during the <nil> academic year.

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Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on optical enginering students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of optical enginering students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized optical enginering related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for optical enginering students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Optical Enginering Bachelor's Degree Schools list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Optical Enginering in the United States

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in optical enginering.

Top Schools for a Bachelor's in Optical Enginering

1

University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

21 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in optical enginering has to look into University of Central Florida. UCF is a very large public university located in the suburb of Orlando.More information about a bachelor’s in optical enginering from University of Central Florida

2

University of Rochester
Rochester, NY

37 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat University of Rochester if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in optical enginering. Located in the midsize city of Rochester, University of Rochester is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in optical enginering from University of Rochester

Optical Enginering by Region

View the Best Optical Enginering Bachelor's Degree Schools for a specific region near you.

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Optical Enginering Related Rankings by Major

One of 3 majors within the Electrical Engineering area of study, Optical Enginering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Majors Related to Optical Enginering

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	15,444
Other Electrical Engineering	104

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to NASA. More about our data sources and methodologies.