2025 Best Pharmacology & Toxicology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

Pharmacology & Toxicology is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #65 most popular doctor's degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Southeast 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 95 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 Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

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 full 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

The pharmacology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Pharmacology & Toxicology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Pharmacology & Toxicology in the Southeast Region

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for pharmacology & toxicology students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top Southeast Region Schools for a Doctorate in Pharmacology

1

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC

14 Annual Graduates

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a good choice for students interested in a doctor's degree in pharmacology & toxicology. Located in the city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in pharmacology & toxicology from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

2

University of Louisville
Louisville, KY

10 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in pharmacology & toxicology needs to look into University of Louisville. UofL is a very large public university located in the large city of Louisville.More information about a doctorate in pharmacology & toxicology from University of Louisville

Best Pharmacology & Toxicology Colleges by State

Explore the best pharmacology & toxicology colleges for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	138	3
Virginia	127	6
Georgia	126	6
North Carolina	115	11
Mississippi	113	2
Louisiana	103	3
Tennessee	102	8
Alabama	98	0
South Carolina	91	6
Kentucky	87	11
Arkansas	58	2

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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
Pharmacology	64
Toxicology	18
Pharmacology & Toxicology	11
Molecular Pharmacology	1
Environmental Toxicology	1

Most Popular Majors Related to Pharmacology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Biology	468
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	174
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	164
Physiology & Pathology Sciences	160
Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other)	154
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics	142
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	126
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology	124
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences	91
Genetics	88

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.