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Best Schools for Pharmaceutical Sciences in Alabama
If you are not interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the pharmaceutical sciences degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Schools in Pharmaceutical Sciences
Our analysis ranked Samford University the best school in the country for a degree in pharmaceutical sciences. This moderately-sized private not-for-profit university is located in the suburb of Birmingham. About 77% of students finish within six years. There were roughly 86 pharmaceutical sciences students who graduated with this degree at Samford University in the most recent data year. Pharmaceutical Sciences graduates of Samford University earn a median of $108,029 early in their careers. Students borrow a median of $12,000 to complete this degree.
More information about a degree in pharmaceutical sciences from Samford University
Notes and References
This ranking is produced by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs graduation rate, post-graduation earnings, cost, and program quality, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Top Ranked · 2 schools evaluated.
- 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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