2025 Best Pharmacology & Toxicology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

a doctor's degree in pharmacology & toxicology is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #65 out of 306 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Far Western US Region to determine which ones were the best for pharmacology & toxicology students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 76 doctor's degrees in pharmacology & toxicology during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor'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

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to pharmacology & toxicology students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of pharmacology & toxicology students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt pharmacology & toxicology students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized pharmacology & toxicology related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for pharmacology & toxicology students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Pharmacology & Toxicology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Pharmacology & Toxicology in the Far Western US Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in pharmacology & toxicology.

Top Far Western US Region Schools for a Doctorate in Pharmacology

1

University of California - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

12 Annual Graduates

University of California - Los Angeles is a wonderful option for students interested in a doctor's degree in pharmacology & toxicology. UCLA is a very large public university located in the large city of Los Angeles.More information about a doctorate in pharmacology & toxicology from University of California - Los Angeles

2

University of California - Riverside
Riverside, CA

10 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in pharmacology & toxicology has to look into University of California - Riverside. UCR is a very large public university located in the city of Riverside.More information about a doctorate in pharmacology & toxicology from University of California - Riverside

Best Pharmacology & Toxicology Colleges by State

Explore the best pharmacology & toxicology colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	180	42
Washington	122	7
Oregon	107	9
Nevada	84	3

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Pharmacology & Toxicology Related Rankings by Major

One of 14 majors within the Biological & Biomedical Sciences area of study, Pharmacology & Toxicology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Pharmacology Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Molecular Pharmacology	31
Environmental Toxicology	18
Pharmacology	9
Pharmacology & Toxicology	9
Toxicology	7
Molecular Toxicology	2

Majors Similar to Pharmacology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Biology	228
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	210
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	196
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences	145
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	136
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics	118
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology	81
Physiology & Pathology Sciences	79
Genetics	52
Botany/Plant Biology	48

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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Fvasconcellos. More about our data sources and methodologies.