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Pre-Optometry

100%
OF INCOMING FIRST-YEARS & TRANSFERS
Receive scholarships or grants
12:1
RATIO
Of students to faculty
96%
EMPLOYMENT RATE
of surveyed alumni within 9 months of graduation

Providing clarity to the world

Focused on support and care.

Pre-professional programs are undergraduate tracks that prepare you for a professional degree after your bachelor's. These aren't academic majors, they're a set of specialized courses that are typically required before you can be accepted into your next program. Your advisor will help you decide the best major to pair with your pre-professional program and prepare you for your career goals.

Students interested in pre-optometry typically choose to major in biology or chemistrywhich offers a popular biochemistry track. Through the lens of our well-planned course schedule, double majors (or combinations of a major and minor) are easy to accomplish.

Beyond core courses in biology and chemistry, we offer classes unique to your pre-optometry interests, including molecular biology, genetics, immunology, and analytical chemistry.

With a very strong academic department and very caring professors, I cannot imagine training anywhere else. They provided me with the support and mentoring that prepared me to go on to medical school.

DR. GREG BLYTHE ‘08
INDIANA UNIVERSITY EMERGENCY MEDICINE RESIDENCY

What are the next steps?

Mount Mercy offers competitive tuition and generous scholarships.

We also encourage all students to apply for federal, state, and other kinds of financial assistance.

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We make it easy by accepting applications year-round! No deadline, no fee, no pressure.

  1. Create your application
  2. Apply under standard admissions criteria or go "test optional"
  3. Request official transcripts from all institutions previously attended. Mail to:

  Mount Mercy University Admissions
  1330 Elmhurst Drive NE
  Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52402

For more detailed instructions on how to apply, see our Admissions page.

Careers in pre-optometry

Bring your career path into focus.

Mount Mercy graduates have been accepted to some of the strongest regional eye health programs:

  • Illinois College of Optometry
  • University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics