2026 Best Value Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Schools in South Carolina

[Pharmaceutics and Drug Design](/majors/health-care-professions/pharmacy-pharmaceutical-sciences/pharmaceutics-and-drug-design/) programs reward a close look at where your money goes furthest. 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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2026 Best Value Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Schools in South Carolina
If you want to know which schools deliver the best value for the pharmaceutics and drug design degrees they offer, see the list below.
Best Value Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Schools
University Of South Carolina Columbia tops our 2026 list of the best value pharmaceutics and drug design schools in South Carolina. Set in the city of Columbia, University Of South Carolina Columbia is a very large public institution. Students from in state pay about $12,688 in tuition and fees, while out-of-state students pay about $36,298. Pharmaceutics And Drug Design graduates carry a median of $24,472 in student loans. Early-career pharmaceutics and drug design graduates make about $101,440. Set against $24,472 in median debt, that is a healthy payoff. University Of South Carolina Columbia admits about 60% of applicants.
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Notes and References
This list is compiled by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. Schools are scored on the balance of cost (tuition and student debt) against student outcomes (post-graduation earnings) — a measure of return on investment, 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).
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