Residency Placements
The Herbert Wertheim School of Optometry & Vision Science has an excellent track record for residency placements. As the table below indicates, a comparison of successful placements versus the total number of applicants has been impressive.
What is a Residency?
One-year post-graduate mentored residency programs provide advanced clinical education in specialty areas of optometry at an institutional or hospital-based setting. These programs prepare optometrists for lifelong leadership and scholarship in patient care and education.
Residency Placement Success Rate
| Graduating Class | Total Graduates | Applications | Residency Placements | Success Rate | % In Residencies |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 67 | 30 | 28 | 93% | 42% |
| 2024 | 49 | 25 | 24 | 96% | 49% |
| 2023 | 69 | 35 | 34 | 97% | 49% |
| 2022 | 62 | 39 | 37 | 95% | 60% |
| 2021 | 64 | 32 | 26 | 81% | 41% |
| 2020 | 68 | 32 | 28 | 88% | 41% |
Residency Locations
Our 2025 graduates have been placed in the following residency programs.
Placement Locations
Eye Care Institute, Western U Health
Illinois College of Optometry – IL Eye Institute
Jonathan M. Wainwright Memorial VA Medical Center
Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles
Los Angeles VA Ambulatory Care Center
Nova Southeastern University
Salus Eye Institute of at Drexel University
San Francisco VA Medical Center
SUNY, College of Optometry
The Ohio State University College of Optometry
Univ of California, San Francisco Medical Center
University of California, Berkeley
University of Houston – University Eye Institute
VA Long Beach Healthcare System
VA Palo Alto Health Care System
VA Portland Health Care System
VA Puget Sound Health Care System
Vanderbilt Eye Institute
Illinois College of Optometry – IL Eye Institute
Jonathan M. Wainwright Memorial VA Medical Center
Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles
Los Angeles VA Ambulatory Care Center
Nova Southeastern University
Salus Eye Institute of at Drexel University
San Francisco VA Medical Center
SUNY, College of Optometry
The Ohio State University College of Optometry
Univ of California, San Francisco Medical Center
University of California, Berkeley
University of Houston – University Eye Institute
VA Long Beach Healthcare System
VA Palo Alto Health Care System
VA Portland Health Care System
VA Puget Sound Health Care System
Vanderbilt Eye Institute