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2025 Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in North Carolina

2 Colleges in North Carolina
453 Pharmacy Degrees Awarded
$97,674 Avg Early-Career Salary
A degree in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #53 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in North Carolina ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 453 degrees in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences annually.

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Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Rankings by Degree Level

Bachelor's Degrees in Pharmacy
Master's Degrees in Pharmacy
Doctor's Degrees in Pharmacy

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in North Carolina list to help you make the college decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences in North Carolina

The schools below may not offer all types of pharmacy degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top North Carolina Schools in Pharmacy

1
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
180 Pharmacy Degrees Awarded
$60,593 Median Starting Salary

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences. Located in the small city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public university with a very large student population.

Soon after graduation, pharmacy degree recipients generally earn around $60,593 in the first five years of their career.

More information about a degree in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Campbell University
Buies Creek, NC
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
137 Pharmacy Degrees Awarded
$88,604 Median Starting Salary

It is difficult to beat Campbell University if you want to pursue a degree in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences. Located in the town of Buies Creek, Campbell is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population.

Students who graduate with their degree from the pharmacy program state that they receive average early career earnings of $88,604.

More information about a degree in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences from Campbell University

Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Georgia 287 420
Florida 282 993
Virginia 274 382
Tennessee 269 989
South Carolina 248 329
Kentucky 244 222
Louisiana 242 306
Mississippi 234 310
Arkansas 234 156
Alabama 233 402
West Virginia 207 184

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One of 34 majors within the Health Professions area of study, Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

Pharmacy Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Pharmacy 355
Pharmaceutics and Drug Design 44
Clinical and Industrial Drug Development 39
Pharmaceutical Sciences 13
Other Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration 2

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Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 7,737
Health & Medical Administrative Services 4,065
Allied Health Professions 2,169
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 1,583
Public Health 1,449
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 1,080
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 1,047
Mental & Social Health Services 1,028
Medicine 674
Dental Support Services 610

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