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Northeastern State University Oklahoma College of Optometry

Tahlequah, OK · Official site

3.68 verified3.68 unverifiednot published checked, absentnot given not researchedWhat do these mean? ▾
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.
$31,746 Verified — the school’s own site
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Traditional Unverified estimate
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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.
not published Checked, genuinely absent
Someone opened the school’s own page and the figure is not there. This is a finding, not a gap — it means you can stop looking. Click it to open the page that was checked.
not given Not yet researched
Nobody has looked at this field for this school yet. Different from the one above: absence of research, not evidence of absence.
NBEO results — ASCO institutional report
Report yearCandidatesPart IPart IIPart IIIUltimateUS Part ISource
2024-20252176.19%95.24%66.67%71.43%66.83%PDF

Footnoted rows carry a school-specific graduation requirement noted in the report; read the PDF for the exact wording.

Class profile — 2025 entering class
Class size
28
Applicants
not given
Interviewed
not given
Average GPA
3.68
Average science GPA
not given
Average OAT (AA)
323

Read from the school’s own page, 10 days ago.

Program
Public / private
not given
Accreditation status
Accredited (next ACOE site visit 2029)
reviewed by hand
Year established
not given
Class profile
Class size
28
ASCO · 2025 entering class
Average GPA
3.68
ASCO · 2025 entering class
Average science GPA
not given
Average OAT (AA)
323
ASCO · 2025 entering class
Profile year
2025 entering class
ASCO · 2025 entering class
Admissions
Letters of recommendation
3 letters
OptomCAS
Interview style
not given
Patient care hours required
not given
Application deadline
2/1/27
OptomCAS
Last OAT date accepted
2/1/27
OptomCAS
Supplemental application
Required — fee $75, due 2/1/27
OptomCAS
Bachelor's required
Preferred, but not required
OptomCAS
Other tests accepted
MCAT and DAT are accepted.
OptomCAS
Cost
Year-1 direct cost
not published
With confidence — depends on the unresolved per-semester question. See note for both readings.
Tuition — in-state
not published
As an annual figure. Published as block tuition for students beginning Fall 2026: 12930 Fall/Spring block, 8312 Summer block. Legacy rate for students enrolled prior to Fall 2026: 11062.50 Fall/Spring, 7112 Summer. See note — whether the Fall/Spring block is per semester or per year is not stated.
Tuition — out-of-state
not published
As an annual figure. Published as block tuition for students beginning Fall 2026: 16162.50 Fall/Spring block, 10390 Summer block. Legacy rate for students enrolled prior to Fall 2026: 21237.50 Fall/Spring, 13654 Summer.
Cost of attendance / yr
not given
Fees
not published
As an annual figure. Charged per credit hour and added to the block: NSU Mandatory Fees 32.75, College of Optometry Enhancement Fee 7.50, College of Optometry Special Instruction Fee 12.50 — 52.75 per credit hour in total. The program is 172 credit hours over four years.
Average debt at graduation
not given
Scholarships available
Quad-State Waiver
Quad-State Waiver — a non-resident tuition waiver that can waive all or a portion of non-resident tuition for students from states other than Oklahoma. Details on NSU's Out-of-State Scholarships page, not yet opened.
reviewed by hand
Boards & outcomes
NBEO Part I — first-time
76.2%
ASCO · 2024-2025
NBEO Part II — first-time
95.2%
ASCO · 2024-2025
NBEO Part III — first-time
66.7%
ASCO · 2024-2025
NBEO ultimate pass rate
71.4%
ASCO · 2024-2025
Average NBEO pass rate
79.4%
ASCO · 2024-2025
Residency match rate
not given
Residency programs available
not given
Employment after graduation
not given
Clinical training
Clinic starts
not given
Patient volume
not given
Specialty clinics offered
not given
VA / hospital rotations
not given
Curriculum
Problem-based learning
not given
Research opportunities
not given
Dual degree options
not given
Faculty-to-student ratio
not given
Location & life
Cost of living
not given
Housing availability
not given
Weather / climate
not given
Competitiveness vs collaboration
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