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2022 Best Value Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k

6 Ranked Colleges
221 Degrees Awarded
Best Value Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Making $48-$75k

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 “Best Value Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Pharmaceutics and Drug Design is the 572nd most popular major in the country with 542 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 221 pharmaceutics and drug design graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in pharmaceutics and drug design. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality pharmaceutics and drug design programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the pharmaceutics and drug design program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree pharmaceutics and drug design students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Pharmaceutics and Drug Design (Income $48-$75k)

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in West Lafayette, Indiana, and it awarded 39 bachelors’s pharmaceutics and drug design degrees in 2019-2020.

Purdue also took the #1 spot in our “Best Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Purdue University - Main Campus is $9,654 for Bachelor’s Degree Pharmaceutics and Drug Design students whose families make $48-$75k.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Pharmaceutics and Drug Design at Purdue

#2

West Chester University of Pennsylvania

West Chester, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Chester University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k list. WCUPA is a public institution located in West Chester, Pennsylvania. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

WCUPA also took the #2 spot in our “Best Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $21,156 for Bachelor’s Degree Pharmaceutics and Drug Design students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend West Chester University of Pennsylvania.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 4.4% 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%.

Full WCUPA Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Report

#3

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k list. South Dakota State is a public institution located in Brookings, South Dakota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 75 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at South Dakota State, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend South Dakota State University is $19,326 for bachelor’s degree pharmaceutics and drug design students whose families make $48-$75k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full South Dakota State University Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Report

#4

University of Toledo

Toledo, Ohio
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Toledo. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k list. University of Toledo is a public institution located in Toledo, Ohio. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 43 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Toledo, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Toledo is $17,332 for bachelor’s degree pharmaceutics and drug design students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read full report on Pharmaceutics and Drug Design at University of Toledo

#5

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k list. This large school is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and it awarded 46 bachelors’s pharmaceutics and drug design degrees in 2019-2020.

UNM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $16,557 for Bachelor’s Degree Pharmaceutics and Drug Design students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

Full University of New Mexico - Main Campus Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Report

#6

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#5 in overall quality

Temple University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. This large school is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s pharmaceutics and drug design degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree pharmaceutics and drug design students whose families make $48-$75k list, Temple has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Temple is $21,743 for bachelor’s degree pharmaceutics and drug design students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Pharmaceutics and Drug Design at Temple

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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).
  • 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

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • 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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