2025 Best Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

a doctor's degree in medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #179 out of 862 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 53 doctor's degrees in medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry School for Your Doctor's Degree

The medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry in the Great Lakes Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Doctorate in Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry

1

Purdue University - Main Campus
West Lafayette, IN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

20 Annual Graduates

Purdue University - Main Campus is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry. Purdue is a fairly large public university located in the small city of West Lafayette.More information about a doctorate in medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry from Purdue University - Main Campus

2

University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

6 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat University of Illinois at Chicago if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry. UIC is a very large public university located in the city of Chicago.More information about a doctorate in medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry from University of Illinois at Chicago

3

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

8 Annual Graduates

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a great choice for students pursuing a doctor's degree in medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry. U-M is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor.More information about a doctorate in medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

4

Ohio State University - Main Campus
Columbus, OH

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

15 Annual Graduates

Ohio State University - Main Campus is a wonderful decision for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry. Ohio State is a very large public university located in the city of Columbus.More information about a doctorate in medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry from Ohio State University - Main Campus

Best Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry Colleges by State

Explore the best medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Illinois	273	5
Michigan	257	4
Ohio	253	11
Indiana	202	7

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Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry Related Rankings by Major

One of 11 majors within the Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences area of study, Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Pharmacy	1,886
Pharmaceutics and Drug Design	32
Pharmaceutical Sciences	25
Pharmacoeconomics/Pharmaceutical Economics	5
Natural Products Chemistry and Pharmacognosy	1

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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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