Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #90 most popular master's degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in the Far Western US Region to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 239 master's degrees in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences during the 2022-2023 academic year.
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Choosing a Great Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences School for Your Master's Degree
The pharmacy master'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. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
A Great Overall School
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Early-Career Earnings
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
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 - The number of pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
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 master's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students working on their master'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 Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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University of Washington - Seattle Campus is a good choice for individuals pursuing a master's degree in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences. Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public university with a very large student population.
Students who graduate with their master's from the pharmacy program report average early career wages of $119,313.
Any student who is interested in a master's degree in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences has to check out University of California - San Diego. UCSD is a very large public university located in the city of La Jolla.
Master's students who receive their degree from the pharmacy program earn an average of $117,115 in the first couple years of working.
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
The pharmacy master'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. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
