2026 Best Value Clinical and Industrial Drug Development Schools in Pennsylvania

[Clinical and Industrial Drug Development](/majors/health-care-professions/pharmacy-pharmaceutical-sciences/clinical-and-industrial-drug-development/) degree programs vary widely in price and payoff across the country. A high-value program keeps cost low while graduates go on to earn well.
For its 2026 best-value ranking, College Factual looked at 1 schools to find the best return on investment for clinical and industrial drug development students.
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2026 Best Value Clinical and Industrial Drug Development Schools in Pennsylvania
Below are the schools that deliver the strongest value in clinical and industrial drug development, balancing cost against outcomes.
Best Value Clinical and Industrial Drug Development Schools
Our analysis ranked Temple University the best value for a degree in clinical and industrial drug development in Pennsylvania. Temple University is a very large public school located in the city of Philadelphia. Expect in-state tuition and fees of around $23,005, compared with $38,805 for out-of-state students. Typical student debt for clinical and industrial drug development graduates is $26,259. Early-career clinical and industrial drug development graduates make about $111,896. That is a strong return on a $26,259 median debt. The acceptance rate is 80%.
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Notes and References
This list is compiled by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. Schools are scored on the balance of cost (tuition and student debt) against student outcomes (post-graduation earnings) — a measure of return on investment, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 1 school evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the top 1 ranked schools only.
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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