2025 Best Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry Schools in the Great Lakes Region
4Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
63Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry Degrees Awarded
Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry is about average in terms of popularity for degree programs. That is, it ranks #862 out of the 1506 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.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 63 degrees in medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry School
The medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry rankings. For our Best Overall Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
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.
Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry Rankings by Degree Level
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry Schools in the Great Lakes Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry in the Great Lakes Region
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 medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Great Lakes Region Schools in Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry
It's hard to beat Purdue University - Main Campus if you wish to pursue a degree in medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry. Located in the small city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #65 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Purdue is a great university overall.
There were about 15 medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry students who graduated with this degree at Purdue in the most recent data year.
University of Illinois at Chicago is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry. Located in the large city of Chicago, UIC is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 10th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were roughly 2 medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry students who graduated with this degree at UIC in the most recent year we have data available.
33Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry Degrees Awarded
It's hard to beat Ohio State University - Main Campus if you wish to pursue a degree in medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry. Located in the large city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 91 colleges for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were approximately 33 medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry students who graduated with this degree at Ohio State in the most recent year we have data available.
Rankings in Majors Related to Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry
One of 11 majors within the Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences area of study, Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Majors Related to Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry
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).