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2026 Best Value Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Schools in Michigan

[Pharmaceutics and Drug Design](/majors/health-care-professions/pharmacy-pharmaceutical-sciences/pharmaceutics-and-drug-design/) degree programs vary widely in price and payoff across the country. The best values balance affordable tuition against strong post-graduation earnings.

For its 2026 best-value ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools to find the best return on investment for pharmaceutics and drug design students.

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• Best Value Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Schools in Michigan

2026 Best Value Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Schools in Michigan

Below are the schools that deliver the strongest value in pharmaceutics and drug design, balancing cost against outcomes.

Best Value Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Schools

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Wayne State University
Detroit, MI

$16,159 In-State Tuition & Fees

$26,689 Avg Student Debt

$53,493 Median Earnings (10yr)

Wayne State University tops our 2026 list of the best value pharmaceutics and drug design schools in Michigan. Located in the city of Detroit, Wayne State University is a very large public university. Students from in state pay about $16,159 in tuition and fees, while out-of-state students pay about $34,650. Typical student debt for pharmaceutics and drug design graduates is $26,689. Early-career pharmaceutics and drug design graduates make about $102,554. Weighed against typical debt, the earnings make a compelling case for value. Roughly 81% of applicants are accepted.

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University Of Michigan Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI

$18,848 In-State Tuition & Fees

$15,775 Avg Student Debt

$83,648 Median Earnings (10yr)

University Of Michigan Ann Arbor came in at #2 on our 2026 list of the best value pharmaceutics and drug design schools. Set in the city of Ann Arbor, University Of Michigan Ann Arbor is a very large public institution. In-state tuition and fees average $18,848, compared with $63,081 for out-of-state students. Pharmaceutics And Drug Design graduates carry a median of $15,775 in student loans. Early-career pharmaceutics and drug design graduates make about $66,254. Weighed against typical debt, the earnings make a compelling case for value. Roughly 16% of applicants are accepted.

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Notes and References

The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs the cost of a degree against the earnings graduates go on to achieve, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).

Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 2 schools evaluated.

*Averages shown above reflect the top 1 ranked schools only.

• 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.