2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Pharmaceutical Sciences in California

Pharmaceutical Sciences is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #105 most popular doctor's degree program in the country. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual reviewed 3 schools in California to determine which ones were the most popular for doctor's degree seekers in the field of pharmaceutical sciences. Combined, these schools handed out 15 doctor's degrees in pharmaceutical sciences to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Pharmaceutical Sciences School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of school for getting your doctor's degree in pharmaceutical sciences matters. As an aid in helping you pick the right school for you, we created our Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Pharmaceutical Sciences in California ranking.

Being popular does not always equate to overall quality, but a school with a large number of pharmaceutical sciences students usually has them for a reason. Sometimes this is because the school offers a great educational experience, it is a good value, or it is highly focused on the program.

More Ways to Rank Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools

This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for pharmaceutical sciences.

 

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Pharmaceutical Sciences in California

Learn about the most popular colleges and universities for pharmaceutical sciences students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Most Well Attended Schools for Pharmaceutical Sciences Students Working on Their Doctorate

1

University of California - Irvine
Irvine, CA

10 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at University of California - Irvine if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in pharmaceutical sciences. Located in the large city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public university with a fairly large student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #3 in quality for doctor's degrees in pharmaceutical sciences in California.

There were roughly 10 pharmaceutical sciences students who graduated with this degree at UC Irvine in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a doctorate in pharmaceutical sciences from University of California - Irvine

2

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

3 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

University of Southern California is a popular option for students pursuing a doctor's degree in pharmaceutical sciences. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in pharmaceutical sciences in California.

There were roughly 3 pharmaceutical sciences students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in pharmaceutical sciences from University of Southern California

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Chapman University
Orange, CA

2 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Chapman University is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in pharmaceutical sciences. Located in the medium-sized city of Orange, Chapman is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #2 in quality for doctor's degrees in pharmaceutical sciences in California.

There were about 2 pharmaceutical sciences individuals who graduated with this degree at Chapman in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in pharmaceutical sciences from Chapman University

Best Pharmaceutical Sciences Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Pharmaceutical Sciences Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Washington	214	5
Oregon	135	4
Hawaii	64	0

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Pharmaceutical Sciences Related Rankings by Major

One of 11 majors within the Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences area of study, Pharmaceutical Sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Pharmacy	1,158
Pharmaceutics and Drug Design	11
Pharmacoeconomics/Pharmaceutical Economics	9
Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry	6
Pharmacy Administration and Pharmacy Policy and Regulatory Affairs	5
Clinical and Industrial Drug Development	3

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).
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