Optometry School Applications Rise for Second Year in a Row, ASCO Report Reveals

Published on October 28, 2025
ROCKVILLE, Md.—The Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry (ASCO) announced that for the second year in a row, its U.S. institutions received the highest number ever of applicants during the 2024-2025 Optometry Centralized Application Service (OptomCAS) application cycle. Collectively, optometric institutions saw 2,897 applicants; the previous highest number of applicants was 2,868 in the 2023-2024 application cycle, the organization noted in the announcement. “It’s exciting to see record-breaking interest in optometry for the second year in a row,” said ASCO president Alicia Feis, OD.
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