2025 Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in the Plains States Region
8Colleges in the Plains States Region
1,542Pharmacy Degrees Awarded
$97,674Avg 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.
College Factual looked at 8 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 1,542 degrees in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences School
Your choice of pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Rankings by Degree Level
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 the Plains States Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences in the Plains States Region
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.
Any student pursuing a degree in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences has to look into University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. UMN Twin Cities is a very large public university located in the city of Minneapolis. A Best Colleges rank of #45 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UMN Twin Cities is a great university overall.
There were roughly 176 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students who graduated with this degree at UMN Twin Cities in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the pharmacy program report average early career income of $94,628.
It is difficult to beat University of Kansas if you want to pursue a degree in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences. Located in the city of Lawrence, KU is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 44 schools for overall quality in the state of Kansas.
There were approximately 276 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students who graduated with this degree at KU in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences major at University of Kansas earn $18,168 above the typical graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.
University of Iowa is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences. Located in the small city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #80 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Iowa is a great university overall.
There were approximately 110 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students who graduated with this degree at Iowa in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the pharmacy program state that they receive average early career earnings of $83,848.
Creighton University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences. Located in the city of Omaha, Creighton is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #128 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Creighton is a great university overall.
There were roughly 126 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students who graduated with this degree at Creighton in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences major at Creighton University get $14,780 more than the average college grad with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
Located in the large city of Kansas City, UMKC is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 14th out of 48 schools for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were roughly 147 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students who graduated with this degree at UMKC in the most recent data year.
Located in the large city of Omaha, UNMC is a public university with a small student population.
There were approximately 87 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students who graduated with this degree at UNMC in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences program at University of Nebraska Medical Center make $14,973 above the standard college grad in this field shortly after graduation.
Located in the remote town of Brookings, South Dakota State is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 3rd out of 13 schools for overall quality in the state of South Dakota.
There were approximately 142 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students who graduated with this degree at South Dakota State in the most recent data year.
Located in the medium-sized city of Fargo, North Dakota State University is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 4th out of 12 colleges for overall quality in the state of North Dakota.
There were about 132 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students who graduated with this degree at North Dakota State University in the most recent data year. Those pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students who get their degree from North Dakota State University - Main Campus earn $20,468 more than the standard pharmacy student.
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).
Your choice of pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
