2025 Best Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in pharmaceutics and drug design, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #119 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 14 doctor's degrees in pharmaceutics and drug design to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Pharmaceutics and Drug Design School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of pharmaceutics and drug design for getting your doctor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality pharmaceutics and drug design program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we consider a college's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a combination of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on pharmaceutics and drug design students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of pharmaceutics and drug design students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized pharmaceutics and drug design related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for pharmaceutics and drug design students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Schools

The pharmaceutics and drug design 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 Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Pharmaceutics and Drug Design in the Plains States Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in pharmaceutics and drug design.

Top Plains States Region Schools for a Doctorate in Pharmaceutics and Drug Design

1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

2 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat University of Minnesota - Twin Cities if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in pharmaceutics and drug design. UMN Twin Cities is a very large public university located in the large city of Minneapolis.More information about a doctorate in pharmaceutics and drug design from University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

2

University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

5 Annual Graduates

University of Iowa is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in pharmaceutics and drug design. Located in the small city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in pharmaceutics and drug design from University of Iowa

3

University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

6 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in pharmaceutics and drug design needs to check out University of Kansas. Located in the small city of Lawrence, KU is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in pharmaceutics and drug design from University of Kansas

Best Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Colleges by State

Explore the best pharmaceutics and drug design colleges for a specific state in the Plains States Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Minnesota	199	4
Iowa	177	6
Kansas	134	7
South Dakota	57	2

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Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Related Rankings by Major

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

Most Popular Majors Related to Pharmaceutics and Drug Design

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Pharmacy	1,019
Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry	30
Pharmaceutical Sciences	4
Pharmacoeconomics/Pharmaceutical Economics	2

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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