Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 1 Title IV programs, 1 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing1 · 100.0%
- No Data0 · 0.0%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Programmatic accreditations · 7
Action history · 9
- Jul 2025Loss of Accreditation or Preaccreditation: Voluntary WithdrawalAmerican Optometric Association, Accreditation Council on Optometric Education · Optometry (OPTR) - Residency programs
- Jul 2025Loss of Accreditation or Preaccreditation: Voluntary WithdrawalAmerican Optometric Association, Accreditation Council on Optometric Education · Optometry (OPTR) - Residency programs
- Dec 2023Renewal of AccreditationSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Apr 2021Renewal of AccreditationAmerican Optometric Association, Accreditation Council on Optometric Education · Optometry (OPT) - Professional degree programs
- Jul 2020Loss of Accreditation or Preaccreditation: Voluntary WithdrawalAmerican Optometric Association, Accreditation Council on Optometric Education · Optometry (OPTR) - Residency programs
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, students received in Pell grants, alongside $11.8M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 105 borrowers who entered repayment, 0 (0.0%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Southern College of Optometry
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus3
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Southern College of Optometry vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Southern College of Optometry selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectSouthern College of Optometry | — | — | 530 | — | — |
Middle Tennessee School of Anesthesia Inc | — | — | 319 | — | — |
Richmont Graduate University | — | — | 329 | — | — |
Baptist Health Sciences University | 38% | 82.0% | 891 | $13,401 | — |
Virginia University of Integrative Medicine | — | — | 457 | — | — |
Bon Secours Memorial College of Nursing | — | — | 591 | — | — |
| Peer group median | 38% | 82.0% | 494 | $13,401 |
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