2025 Best Pharmaceutical Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in Texas

Pharmaceutical Sciences is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #90 most popular doctor's degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Texas to determine which ones were the best for pharmaceutical sciences students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 30 doctor's degrees in pharmaceutical sciences to qualified students.

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

The pharmaceutical sciences doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality pharmaceutical sciences program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a quality 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 pharmaceutical sciences students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other pharmaceutical sciences students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• 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 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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Pharmaceutical Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in Texas list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Pharmaceutical Sciences in Texas

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

Top Texas Schools for a Doctorate in Pharmaceutical Sciences

1

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Lubbock, TX

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

7 Annual Graduates

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in pharmaceutical sciences. Located in the large city of Lubbock, TTUHSC is a public university with a small student population.More information about a doctorate in pharmaceutical sciences from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

2

The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

15 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat The University of Texas at Austin if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in pharmaceutical sciences. Located in the large city of Austin, UT Austin is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in pharmaceutical sciences from The University of Texas at Austin

3

University of Houston
Houston, TX

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

5 Annual Graduates

University of Houston is a good choice for students interested in a doctor's degree in pharmaceutical sciences. Located in the large city of Houston, UH is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in pharmaceutical sciences from University of Houston

Best Pharmaceutical Sciences Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Arizona	171	2

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Rankings in Majors Related to Pharmaceutical Sciences

Pharmaceutical Sciences is one of 11 different types of Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Pharmaceutical Sciences

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Pharmacy	807
Pharmacoeconomics/Pharmaceutical Economics	8
Pharmaceutics and Drug Design	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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