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2025 Best Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Schools in the New England Region

3 Colleges in the New England Region
32 Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in pharmaceutics and drug design, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #580 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Schools in the New England Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 32 degrees in pharmaceutics and drug design annually.

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Choosing a Great Pharmaceutics and Drug Design School

Best Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Schools in the New England Region Your choice of pharmaceutics and drug design school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Pharmaceutics and Drug Design School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.

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.

Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Rankings by Degree Level

Master's Degrees in Pharmaceutics and Drug Design
Doctor's Degrees in Pharmaceutics and Drug Design

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Schools in the New England Region list, to help you choose the best school for you. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Pharmaceutics and Drug Design in the New England Region

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

Top New England Region Schools in Pharmaceutics and Drug Design

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Tufts University
Medford, MA
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In MA

It is difficult to beat Tufts University if you want to pursue a degree in pharmaceutics and drug design. Located in the suburb of Medford, Tufts is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #39 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Tufts is a great university overall.

There were about 2 pharmaceutics and drug design students who graduated with this degree at Tufts in the most recent year we have data available.

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2
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In CT
33.3% Growth in Graduates

It is hard to beat University of Connecticut if you want to pursue a degree in pharmaceutics and drug design. UCONN is a very large public university located in the fringe town of Storrs. This university ranks 3rd out of 18 colleges for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.

There were about 9 pharmaceutics and drug design students who graduated with this degree at UCONN in the most recent year we have data available.

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3
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In RI
37.5% Growth in Graduates

Any student who is interested in pharmaceutics and drug design needs to check out University of Rhode Island. URI is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Kingston. This university ranks 5th out of 9 schools for overall quality in the state of Rhode Island.

There were about 16 pharmaceutics and drug design students who graduated with this degree at URI in the most recent year we have data available.

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Best Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Colleges by State

Explore the best pharmaceutics and drug design schools for a specific state in the New England Region .

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 854 17
Connecticut 538 6
Rhode Island 436 10

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

Related Major Annual Graduates
Pharmacy 1,328
Pharmacy Administration and Pharmacy Policy and Regulatory Affairs 176
Pharmaceutical Sciences 157
Industrial and Physical Pharmacy and Cosmetic Sciences 75
Pharmaceutical Marketing and Management 13
Other Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration 11
Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry 10
Pharmacoeconomics/Pharmaceutical Economics 10
Clinical, Hospital, and Managed Care Pharmacy 9
Clinical and Industrial Drug Development 1

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