2025 Best Pharmaceutical Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in pharmaceutical sciences, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #90 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Pharmaceutical Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 27 doctor's degrees in pharmaceutical sciences to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Pharmaceutical Sciences School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of pharmaceutical sciences for getting your doctor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we include a college's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a combination of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on pharmaceutical sciences students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of pharmaceutical sciences students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized pharmaceutical sciences related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Pharmaceutical Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Pharmaceutical Sciences in the Far Western US Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in pharmaceutical sciences.

Top Far Western US Region Schools for a Doctorate in Pharmaceutical Sciences

1

Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

5 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Oregon State University if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in pharmaceutical sciences. Located in the city of Corvallis, Oregon State is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in pharmaceutical sciences from Oregon State University

2

Washington State University
Pullman, WA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

6 Annual Graduates

Washington State University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in pharmaceutical sciences. Wazzu is a fairly large public university located in the town of Pullman.More information about a doctorate in pharmaceutical sciences from Washington State University

3

Chapman University
Orange, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

9 Annual Graduates

Chapman University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in pharmaceutical sciences. Located in the city of Orange, Chapman is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a doctorate in pharmaceutical sciences from Chapman University

Best Pharmaceutical Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best pharmaceutical sciences colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	381	24
Washington	216	4
Oregon	145	9
Hawaii	65	1

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Pharmaceutical Sciences Related Rankings by Major

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

Most Popular Majors Related to Pharmaceutical Sciences

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Pharmacy	1,735
Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry	20
Pharmaceutics and Drug Design	10
Clinical and Industrial Drug Development	6
Pharmacoeconomics/Pharmaceutical Economics	6
Pharmacy Administration and Pharmacy Policy and Regulatory Affairs	3

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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