SUNY College of Optometry Graduate Schools

SUNY College of Optometry (referred to as SUNY Optometry) is a Public, 4 years school located in New York, NY. It is classified as a Other health professions school school by Carnegie Classification and its highest level of offering is Doctor's degree - research/scholarship and professional practice. The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at SUNY College of Optometry is $11,771 for New York residents and $23,561 for out-of-state students. The school has 407 students (all graduate).

Graduate School Overview

The school is accredited by Middle States Commission on Higher Education (1/1/1976 - Current[Estimated Date]).

SUNY Optometry Directory Information
School Name	SUNY College of Optometry (SUNY Optometry)
Address	33 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036-8003
Phone	212-938-4000
Web	https://www.sunyopt.edu
Online Application	https://www.optomcas.org
Financial Info	https://www.sunyopt.edu/education/admissions/financial-aid

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at SUNY College of Optometry is $11,771 for New York residents and $23,561 for out-of-state students. The school has 407 students (all graduate).

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$23,561 $11,771 for New York Residents
Student Population	407
Offered Degrees/Programs	Master's, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	4 graduate programs

The graduate tuition & fees at SUNY College of Optometry is $11,771 for New York residents and $23,561 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023.

On its campus, academic/career services, employment services for students, placement services for completers are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	Not Offered
Special learning Opportunities	Study abroad
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services Employment services for students Placement services for completers

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

Tuition & Fees
Comparison

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of SUNY College of Optometry is $11,771 for New York residents and $23,561 for other students.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	New York Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$11,090	$1,911	$22,650	$1,911
2019-2020	$14,910	$2,299	$25,575	$2,299
2020-2021	$11,310	$461	$23,100	$461
2021-2022	$11,310	$463	$23,100	$463

The graduate school tuition & fees of SUNY Optometry is average compared to public graduate schools in New York. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,603 and the New York graduate tuition is $23,151 (public) / $25,457 (private).

The next table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
SUNY College of Optometry	$11,771	$23,561
All Graduate Schools	$16,007	$19,603
Public	$11,484	$20,787
Private	$19,674
New York Graduate Schools	$21,016	$25,414
Public	$12,252	$23,151
Private	$25,457

Graduate Programs at SUNY Optometry

SUNY College of Optometry offers 4 graduate programs for Master's and Doctorate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 93 students have completed their study at SUNY College of Optometry.

Offered Degrees at SUNY College of Optometry
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	1	2
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	2	1
Doctor's degree - other	1	90
Total	4	93

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at SUNY College of Optometry by award level.

The most popular Master's program is the Vision Science/Physiological Optics program with 6 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Optometry program with 99 completers.

Master's
Doctorate

Popular Master's Programs at SUNY College of Optometry
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Vision Science/Physiological Optics	✕	6	-
Vision Science/Physiological Optics	✕	2	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at SUNY College of Optometry
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Optometry	✕	99	-
Optometry	✕	90	-
Vision Science/Physiological Optics	✕	2	-
Vision Science/Physiological Optics	✕	1	-
Ophthalmic and Optometric Support Services and Allied Professions (other)	✕	0	-

SUNY College of Optometry offers 4 programs through Master's and Doctorate. The programs are offered only in on-site (classroom) education. Last year total 93 students have completed their graduate studies.

2 students have earned/completed Master's program.
90 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Vision Science/Physiological Optics	✕	2	-
	Total	2

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Vision Science/Physiological Optics	✕	1	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Ophthalmic and Optometric Support Services and Allied Professions (other)	✕	0	-
	Total	1

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	90 completers	-
Optometry	✕	90	-
	Total	90

Graduate Student Population at SUNY Optometry

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 407 students enrolled into SUNY College of Optometry graduate schools . By attending status, there are 405 full-time and 2 part-time graduate students. By gender, 112 male and 295 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	407	112	295
Full-time	405	111	294
Part-tme	2	1	1

The next table summarizes the students population by race/ethnicity.

There are 154 White (37.84%), 17 Black/African American (4.18%), 25 Hispanic (6.14%), 175 Asian (43.00%), and 36 students with other races. 30 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	407	112	295
American Indian/Native American	0	0	0
Asian	175	47	128
Black/African American	17	4	13
Hispanic	25	11	14
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0	1
White	154	35	119
Two More	5	1	4
Un-Known	0	0	0
Non-resident Alien	30	14	16

SUNY College of Optometry offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 106 graduate students (26.04% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	407
Enrolled Online Exclusively	0
Enrolled Some Online Courses	106
Not in Online Courses	301

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at SUNY College of Optometry. 210 students are aged 20 to 24 (51.60% of total students), 1 students are aged below 20 (0.25%), 1 students are aged above 50 (0.25%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at SUNY College of Optometry.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	407	112	295
Age 18-19	1	1	0
Age 20-21	19	4	15
Age 22-24	191	43	148
Age 25-29	169	53	116
Age 30-34	15	6	9
Age 35-39	7	3	4
Age 40-49	4	1	3
Age 50-64	1	1	0

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