Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #4 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Wisconsin to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences. Combined, these schools handed out 222 doctor's degrees in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences to qualified students.
DEBUG: Checking offer "Pharm.D. (I Have a Masters)" with relevance 1
DEBUG: ✓ Offer "Pharm.D. (I Have a Masters)" ACCEPTED (relevance 1)
DEBUG: Checking offer "Pharmacy Technician (I Have a HS Diploma or Associate Degree)" with relevance 1
DEBUG: ✓ Offer "Pharmacy Technician (I Have a HS Diploma or Associate Degree)" ACCEPTED (relevance 1)
DEBUG: relevant_offers count = 2
DEBUG: relevant_offers > 0, checking for ESYOH offers
DEBUG: ESYOH filtering - found 2 ESYOH offers with relevance >= 0.8
DEBUG: esyoh_offers count = 2
DEBUG: ESYOH offers found, rendering ESYOH widget
DEBUG: most_relevant_only = true, filtering for most relevant
DEBUG: Found 2 offers with relevance >= 1.0
Early-Career Earnings
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of doctorate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their doctor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences 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.
Student Debt - How easy is it for pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students working on their doctor's degree.
More Ways to Rank Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in Wisconsin list, to help you choose the best school for you.
DEBUG: Raw major_slug = "health-care-professions//pharmacy-pharmaceutical-sciences"
Concordia University, Wisconsin is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences. Located in the large suburb of Mequon, Concordia University, Wisconsin is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population.
Students who graduate with their doctorate from the pharmacy program report average early career income of $101,885.
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).
by our College Data Analytics Team
