2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Optometry in the Southeast Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$94,909
Avg Salary
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Optometry Major in the Southeast Region” ranking.
Optometry is the 194th most popular major in the country with 1,746 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , optometry graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $88,635 and had an average of $195,118 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 339 optometry graduates with average earnings and debt of $94,909 and $200,665 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 339 optometry graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,674 and $121,130 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Optometry Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in optometry. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their optometry program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Optometry Major in the Southeast Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Optometry Major in the Southeast Region”.
Top 4 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Optometry in the Southeast Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern College of Optometry. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Optometry Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Memphis, Tennessee, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 124 degrees to qualified doctorate’s optometry students in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read full report on Optometry at Southern College of Optometry
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Pikeville. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Optometry Major in the Southeast Region. Pikeville, Kentucky is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s optometry degrees to 79 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full University of Pikeville Optometry Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Nova Southeastern University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Optometry Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 95 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s optometry students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Optometry at Nova Southeastern University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Alabama at Birmingham. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Optometry Major in the Southeast Region. University of Alabama at Birmingham is a public institution located in Birmingham, Alabama. The school has a large population, and it awarded 41 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Optometry at UAB
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Notes and References
References
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
