by our College Data Analytics TeamStudents interested in pharmacy, you may also want to explore other closely related fields of study. Here you will find majors with similar career paths, related concentrations and specializations, and the most popular similar majors, ranked by annual graduates.
These majors prepare graduates for occupations that overlap with those of pharmacy, based on the NCES CIP-to-SOC career crosswalk. Ordered by the number of shared occupations.
| Similar Major | Shared Careers | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Community Health and Preventive Medicine | 2 | 2,571 |
| Health Policy Analysis | 2 | 301 |
| Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality | 2 | 121 |
| Public Health Genetics | 2 | — |
| Public Health, General | 2 | 25,004 |
| Public Health, Other | 2 | 2,803 |
| Abdominal Radiology Fellowship Program | 1 | — |
| Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship Program | 1 | — |
| Adolescent Medicine Fellowship Program | 1 | — |
| Advanced General Dentistry | 1 | 238 |
Part of the broader field of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration, pharmacy shares its foundations with the other majors in that field.
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