2025 Best Pharmaceutical Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast 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.

College Factual reviewed 5 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of pharmaceutical sciences. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 90 doctor's degrees in pharmaceutical sciences during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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 consider a school's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a collection of various 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 full 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 the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Pharmaceutical Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Pharmaceutical Sciences in the Southeast Region

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

Top Southeast Region Schools for a Doctorate in Pharmaceutical Sciences

1

University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

18 Annual Graduates

University of Florida is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in pharmaceutical sciences. UF is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Gainesville.More information about a doctorate in pharmaceutical sciences from University of Florida

2

Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

13 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in pharmaceutical sciences needs to check out Virginia Commonwealth University. VCU is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Richmond.More information about a doctorate in pharmaceutical sciences from Virginia Commonwealth University

3

University of Mississippi
University, MS

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

34 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in pharmaceutical sciences has to take a look at University of Mississippi. Located in the town of University, Ole Miss is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in pharmaceutical sciences from University of Mississippi

4

Nova Southeastern University
Fort Lauderdale, FL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

9 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in pharmaceutical sciences needs to check out Nova Southeastern University. Located in the suburb of Fort Lauderdale, NUS Florida is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in pharmaceutical sciences from Nova Southeastern University

5

Mercer University
Macon, GA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

9 Annual Graduates

Mercer is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Macon.More information about a doctorate in pharmaceutical sciences from Mercer University

Best Pharmaceutical Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best pharmaceutical sciences colleges for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	217	24
Georgia	190	7
Virginia	182	11
Mississippi	154	18
Tennessee	150	4

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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	3,459
Pharmaceutics and Drug Design	69
Other Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration	16
Pharmacoeconomics/Pharmaceutical Economics	3
Pharmacy Administration and Pharmacy Policy and Regulatory Affairs	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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