2025 Best Pharmacy Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Pharmacy is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #3 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 17 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Pharmacy Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 1,886 doctor's degrees in pharmacy to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Pharmacy School for Your Doctor's Degree

The pharmacy doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality pharmacy 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 good 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 pharmacy students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other pharmacy 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 pharmacy related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for pharmacy students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Pharmacy Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Pharmacy Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Pharmacy in the Great Lakes Region

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for pharmacy students seeking a a doctor's degree.

10 Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Doctorate in Pharmacy

1

University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

125 Annual Graduates

University of Wisconsin - Madison is a good option for students interested in a doctor's degree in pharmacy. Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in pharmacy from University of Wisconsin - Madison

2

Purdue University - Main Campus
West Lafayette, IN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

144 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in pharmacy needs to look into Purdue University - Main Campus. Purdue is a fairly large public university located in the small city of West Lafayette.More information about a doctorate in pharmacy from Purdue University - Main Campus

3

University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

160 Annual Graduates

University of Illinois at Chicago is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in pharmacy. UIC is a very large public university located in the city of Chicago.More information about a doctorate in pharmacy from University of Illinois at Chicago

4

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

77 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in pharmacy has to check out University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. U-M is a fairly large public university located in the city of Ann Arbor.More information about a doctorate in pharmacy from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

5

Ohio State University - Main Campus
Columbus, OH

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

123 Annual Graduates

Ohio State is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Columbus.More information about a doctorate in pharmacy from Ohio State University - Main Campus

6

University of Cincinnati - Main Campus
Cincinnati, OH

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

78 Annual Graduates

UC is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Cincinnati.More information about a doctorate in pharmacy from University of Cincinnati - Main Campus

7

University of Toledo
Toledo, OH

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

86 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Toledo, University of Toledo is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in pharmacy from University of Toledo

8

Concordia University, Wisconsin
Mequon, WI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

50 Annual Graduates

Located in the suburb of Mequon, Concordia University, Wisconsin is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a doctorate in pharmacy from Concordia University, Wisconsin

9

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Edwardsville, IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

66 Annual Graduates

Located in the suburb of Edwardsville, SIUE is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in pharmacy from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

10

Wayne State University
Detroit, MI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

95 Annual Graduates

Wayne State is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Detroit.More information about a doctorate in pharmacy from Wayne State University

Best Pharmacy Colleges by State

Explore the best pharmacy colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Illinois	273	632
Michigan	257	331
Ohio	253	601
Indiana	202	313
Wisconsin	163	276

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Pharmacy Related Rankings by Major

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

Majors Similar to Pharmacy

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry	53
Pharmaceutics and Drug Design	32
Pharmaceutical Sciences	25
Pharmacoeconomics/Pharmaceutical Economics	5
Natural Products Chemistry and Pharmacognosy	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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