Optometry School Chances Calculator
Enter your OAT score and GPA to see your admission category — Safety, Target, Reach, or Far Reach — at all 24 US optometry schools with published admissions data, best fits first. Shareable link. Based on official admissions data. Your category breakdown and strongest matches show instantly; the full ranked list comes with a free account.
Your Optometry School Summary
You're a Target or better at 7 of 24 schools.
OAT 320 · GPA 3.40 · 24 schools analyzed
0
Safety · 0%
7
Target · 29%
5
Reach · 21%
12
Far Reach · 50%
Average admission probability across these schools: 35%. Individual probabilities below account for your percentile vs each school's admitted class and acceptance rate.
Your Best-Fit Optometry Schools
Your 5 strongest fits of 24 US schools with published data. Updates as you change your stats.
| # | School | OAT (25/med/75) | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | Western University of Health Sciences College of Optometry Pomona, CA | — / 303 / — | Target |
| 19 | Inter American University School of Optometry San Juan, PR | — / 280 / — | Target |
| 12 | UIW Rosenberg School of Optometry San Antonio, TX | — / 300 / — | Target |
| 22 | MCPHS University School of Optometry Worcester, MA | — / 310 / — | Target |
| 11 | Pennsylvania College of Optometry at Salus University Elkins Park, PA | — / 306 / — | Target |
19 more optometry schools scored for OAT 320 · GPA 3.40
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Data from official optometry school disclosures. Match categories are estimates based on percentile vs admitted-student medians and acceptance rate — they are not a guarantee of admission.
The optometry school admissions landscape
What the numbers look like across the 24 US optometry schools with published admissions data — and where your stats need to land to be competitive.
325
Median admitted OAT
280–360 across schools
3.55
Median admitted GPA
3.27–3.86 across schools
334+
Competitive OAT
Top half of programs
3.69+
Competitive GPA
Top half of programs
Across these 24 optometry schools, the typical admitted student sits near a OAT of 325 and a GPA of 3.55. To be competitive at the more selective half, aim for a OAT of 334+ with a GPA around 3.69+.
That spread is why a single “OAT score I need” number is misleading — the same stats can be a Safety at one school and a Far Reach at another. Enter yours above to see the split across every school.
How many schools open up as your OAT rises
Holding GPA at the cohort median (3.55), the number of optometry schools where you'd be a Target or better.
| OAT | Target or better | of which Safety |
|---|---|---|
| 301 | 6 / 24 | 1 |
| 313 | 7 / 24 | 3 |
| 326 | 11 / 24 | 5 |
| 338 | 14 / 24 | 7 |
| 350 | 19 / 24 | 9 |
How the optometry chances calculator works
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Enter your OAT score
Type your OAT score (range 200–400) into the calculator. Estimates are allowed — you can also enter a target score you're working towards.
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Enter your GPA
Enter your undergraduate GPA (range 2.0–4.0). Use cumulative GPA on the 4.0 scale. Your match categories update immediately.
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Review your match categories at every school
The calculator scores all 24 US optometry schools with published admissions data and shows whether you are a Safety, Target, Reach, or Far Reach — best fits first. Safety = your stats exceed 75% of admitted students and the modelled admission chance is 60% or better; Target = at or above the median; Reach = below median but within the admitted range; Far Reach = below the 25th percentile. At highly selective schools strong stats alone do not make a Safety, so those appear as Targets. Your full category breakdown and strongest matches appear immediately; the complete ranked list opens with a free account.
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Instant match categories
Percentile-based scoring vs each school's 25th/50th/75th OAT and GPA.
Calibrated probabilities
Logistic model using acceptance rate — so 'Safety' at Yale Law differs from an open-admission school.
Shareable results
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How categories are calculated
- Safety (75-100): your stats exceed 75% of admitted students and the modelled admission chance is 60% or better.
- Target (50-74): at or above the median admit.
- Reach (25-49): below median but within the admitted range.
- Far Reach (0-24): below the 25th percentile of admitted students.
Beating the admitted median is not the same as being likely to get in. Where a school admits only a small share of everyone who applies, strong stats still leave you short of a coin flip, so those schools are shown as Targets rather than Safeties — in some programmes that means no Safety exists at any score.
Optometry uses a 50/50 OAT/GPA weighting.