Pharmacology & Toxicology is about average in terms of popularity for master's degrees programs. That is, it ranks #156 out of the 343 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Pharmacology & Toxicology Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 24 master's degrees in pharmacology & toxicology during the 2020-2021 academic year.
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 pharmacology & toxicology students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of pharmacology & toxicology 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 much debt pharmacology & toxicology students go into to obtain their master'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 schools for pharmacology & toxicology students working on their master's degree.
More Ways to Rank Pharmacology & Toxicology Schools
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Pharmacology & Toxicology Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list to help you make the college decision.
Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Pharmacology & Toxicology in the Rocky Mountains Region
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in pharmacology & toxicology.
Top Rocky Mountains Region Schools for a Master's in Pharmacology
It's difficult to beat Colorado State University - Fort Collins if you want to pursue a master's degree in pharmacology & toxicology. Colorado State is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins.
Master's graduates who receive their degree from the pharmacology program earn about $36,587 in the first couple 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).
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