by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Pharmaceutical Sciences Major in Pennsylvania” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 1,798 people earned their degree in pharmaceutical sciences, making the major the 274th most popular in the United States.
Across Pennsylvania, there were 125 pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 23 pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,037 and $44,515 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Pharmaceutical Sciences Major in Pennsylvania” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in pharmaceutical sciences. That schools that top this list have a program in pharmaceutical sciences in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania master’s degree pharmaceutical sciences students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Harrisburg University of Science and Technology. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Pharmaceutical Sciences Major in Pennsylvania. This small school is located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 4 masters’s pharmaceutical sciences degrees in 2021-2022.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Pharmaceutical Sciences Major in Pennsylvania list. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this large public school handed out 18 degrees to qualified masters’s pharmaceutical sciences students in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Pharmaceutical Sciences Major in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Drexel University landed the #3 spot on the list. Drexel is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It awarded 1 masters’s pharmaceutical sciences degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Pharmaceutical Sciences Major in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Temple University landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 0 masters’s pharmaceutical sciences degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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