2025 Best Optics/Optical Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
2Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
14Bachelor's Degrees
You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a Bachelor's Degree in optics/optical sciences. It is ranked #825 out of 1232 major degree programs in terms of popularity. This may make is a little harder to find a school that is a good fit for you.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for optics/optical sciences students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 14 bachelor's degrees in optics/optical sciences during the 2022-2023 academic year.
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on optics/optical sciences students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of optics/optical sciences 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 optics/optical sciences related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for optics/optical sciences students working on their bachelor's degree.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Optics/Optical Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Optics/Optical Sciences in the Middle Atlantic Region
Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for optics/optical sciences students seeking a a bachelor's degree.
Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Optics/Optical Sciences
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).