2025 Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in California
8Colleges in California
1,759Pharmacy Degrees Awarded
$97,674Avg Early-Career Salary
If you plan on majoring in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #53 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual looked at 8 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in California ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,759 degrees in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences annually.
Choosing a Great Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences School
Your choice of pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Rankings by Degree Level
The pharmacy 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 Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in California.
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Best Schools for Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences in California
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the pharmacy degrees they offer, see the list below.
It is difficult to beat University of Southern California if you wish to pursue a degree in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #13 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means USC is a great university overall.
There were roughly 330 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences major at University of Southern California get $9,185 more than the typical college grad with the same degree shortly after graduation.
University of the Pacific is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences. Located in the large city of Stockton, Pacific is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 43rd out of 161 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 206 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students who graduated with this degree at Pacific in the most recent data year. Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences degree recipients from University of the Pacific get an earnings boost of around $15,437 over the typical earnings of pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates.
It's difficult to beat Loma Linda University if you want to pursue a degree in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences. Loma Linda University is a small private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Loma Linda.
There were roughly 72 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students who graduated with this degree at Loma Linda University in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the pharmacy program report average early career income of $89,531.
University of California - San Diego is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences. Located in the large city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #49 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UCSD is a great university overall.
There were approximately 98 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students who graduated with this degree at UCSD in the most recent year we have data available. Those pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students who get their degree from University of California - San Diego make $19,441 more than the standard pharmacy grad.
UC Davis is a very large public university located in the small suburb of Davis. A Best Colleges rank of #55 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UC Davis is a great university overall.
There were roughly 64 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students who graduated with this degree at UC Davis in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the pharmacy program report average early career income of $40,002.
Located in the city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 12th out of 161 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were approximately 106 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students who graduated with this degree at UC Irvine in the most recent data year. After graduating, pharmacy degree recipients typically make around $20,538 at the beginning of their careers.
Located in the medium-sized city of Orange, Chapman is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 24th out of 161 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were approximately 101 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students who graduated with this degree at Chapman in the most recent data year. After graduation, pharmacy degree recipients generally make about $78,465 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).
Your choice of pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
