Optometry is about average in terms of popularity for degree programs. That is, it ranks #194 out of the 395 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
There was only one school in Massachusetts to review for the 2025 Best Optometry Schools in Massachusetts ranking.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Optometry Schools in Massachusetts ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of optometry degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
It is difficult to beat Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences if you wish to pursue a degree in optometry. MCPHS University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit college located in the large city of Boston.
Graduates who receive their degree from the optometry program make around $95,374 in the first couple years of working.
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).