a master's degree in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #90 out of 343 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in California to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences. Combined, these schools handed out 185 master's degrees in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences to qualified students.
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Average Early-Career Salaries
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
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 colleges 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 California list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences has to take a look at University of California - San Diego. UCSD is a very large public university located in the city of La Jolla.
Soon after graduating, pharmacy master's recipients generally earn an average of $117,115 in the first five years of their career.
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
