Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences School of Optometry

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3.68 Verified — official source: Published by ASCO or OptomCAS, the bodies that run optometry admissions and report board results. Board pass rates, class GPA and OAT averages, deadlines and letter requirements come from here. Click any underlined value to open the exact document it came from and check it yourself.
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31,746 Calculated: Worked out from sourced figures rather than published as such. Year-1 direct cost is tuition plus mandatory fees, because no two schools break their costs up the same way and nothing else compares across them. The inputs are sourced; the arithmetic is ours.
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NBEO results — ASCO institutional report

Report year	Candidates	Part I	Part II	Part III	Ultimate	US Part I	Source
2024-2025	47	61.70%	85.11%	78.72%	74.47%	66.83%	PDF

Class profile — 2025 entering class

Class size

Applicants

not given

Interviewed

not given

Average GPA

3.28

Average science GPA

not given

Average OAT (AA)

310

Read from the school’s own page, 2 mo ago.

Program

Public / private: not given
Accreditation status: Accredited (next ACOE site visit 2027)
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Year established: not given

Class profile

Class size: 59
ASCO · 2025 entering class
Average GPA: 3.28
ASCO · 2025 entering class
Average science GPA: not published
ASCO's entering-class profile reports cumulative GPA and OAT only — it does not collect science GPA — and the school does not publish one.
Average OAT (AA): 310
ASCO · 2025 entering class
Profile year: 2025 entering class
ASCO · 2025 entering class

Admissions

Letters of recommendation: 2 letters
OptomCAS
Interview style: not given
Patient care hours required: not given
Application deadline: 5/1/27
OptomCAS
Last OAT date accepted: 6/1/27
OptomCAS
Supplemental application: None listed
OptomCAS
Bachelor's required: Preferred
OptomCAS
Other tests accepted: GRE, MCAT and DAT are accepted.
OptomCAS

Cost

Year-1 direct cost: 57310
— DERIVED (56370 tuition + 940 comprehensive service fee). Excludes the 3800 year-1 equipment fee and the 175 orientation fee per the standing formula.
reviewed by hand
Tuition — in-state: $56,370
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Tuition — out-of-state: 56370
— private institution, single rate, no residency distinction
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Cost of attendance / yr: not published
As a single total. MCPHS states that Student Financial Services calculates a COA per student. Published components for Worcester, fall and spring: housing 12800, food 5940, transportation 1564, books/materials/supplies/equipment 872, miscellaneous personal 1822.
Fees: 940 (recurring per year)
Recurring per year (Comprehensive Service Fee, 470 billed each semester at 6+ credits). One-off: Orientation Fee 175 (first semester only), Graduation Fee 390 (final semester only). Program-specific equipment fees: 1900/semester in year 1 (3800) and 1850/semester in year 2 (3700). Health insurance 4364/year is waivable with documentation and excluded.
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Average debt at graduation: not published
No per-school figure exists. ASCO reports a national average of $209,280 for graduates with debt (2024-2025), and notes several schools report the figure as unavailable.
Scholarships available: not given

Boards & outcomes

NBEO Part I — first-time: 61.7%
ASCO · 2024-2025
NBEO Part II — first-time: 85.1%
ASCO · 2024-2025
NBEO Part III — first-time: 78.7%
ASCO · 2024-2025
NBEO ultimate pass rate: 74.5%
ASCO · 2024-2025
Average NBEO pass rate: 75.2%
ASCO · 2024-2025
Residency match rate: not published
ORMatch publishes only aggregate statistics, not placement by school of graduation, and the school does not publish its own rate.
Residency programs available: not given
Employment after graduation: not given

Clinical training

Clinic starts: 2nd year, fall
Primary Care Clinic I (OPT 770C) sits in the Year II fall term. Inferred from the course sequence; the page does not state it in words.
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Patient volume: not given
Specialty clinics offered: not published
Primary and Specialty Care Optometry I and II appear in the curriculum, but no clinic sites are named.
VA / hospital rotations: not published
Year IV has three externship rotation courses, but the sites are not named on this page.

Curriculum

Problem-based learning: not published
Not described on the curriculum page.
Research opportunities: not published
No research program is described. The only research item in the curriculum is a 1-credit Research and Statistical Methods course in Year III.
Dual degree options: OD/MPH
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Faculty-to-student ratio: not published
Not stated on the curriculum page.

Location & life

Cost of living: not given
Housing availability: not given
Weather / climate: not given
Competitiveness vs collaboration: not given

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