2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Pharmaceutical Sciences for a Master’s
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Pharmaceutical Sciences for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Pharmaceutical Sciences is the 274th most popular major in the country with 2,139 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southwest region, there were 159 pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Pharmaceutical Sciences for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in pharmaceutical sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality pharmaceutical sciences programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the pharmaceutical sciences program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Pharmaceutical Sciences for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree vets studying pharmaceutical sciences.
Top 3 Best Pharmaceutical Sciences Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Pharmaceutical Sciences for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 2 masters’s pharmaceutical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Arizona, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Pharmaceutical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, University of Arizona supports 45,601 students, and 2,131 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 1,478 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,880. To help with additional expenses, 31 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Arizona offers credit for military training for eligible students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Arizona]](/colleges/university-of-arizona/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Pharmaceutical Sciences for a Master’s. Located in Austin, Texas, this large public school awarded 7 degrees to qualified masters’s pharmaceutical sciences students in 2020-2021.
UT Austin did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Pharmaceutical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.According to our most recent data, UT Austin supports 50,476 students, and 7 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 1 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,893. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. UT Austin does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Pharmaceutical Sciences for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center landed the #3 spot on the list. TTUHSC is located in Lubbock, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 masters’s pharmaceutical sciences degrees to qualified students.
TTUHSC also took the #2 spot in our “Best Pharmaceutical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 219 of the 5,274 students enrolled at TTUHSC were GI Bill® students, of which 114 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,474. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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Notes and References
References
- 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 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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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