2025 Best Pharmacy Doctor's Degree Schools in West Virginia

Pharmacy is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #3 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Pharmacy Doctor's Degree Schools in West Virginia ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 169 doctor's degrees in pharmacy during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Pharmacy School for Your Doctor's Degree

The pharmacy doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality pharmacy program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to pharmacy students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other pharmacy students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized pharmacy related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for pharmacy students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Pharmacy Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Pharmacy Doctor's Degree Schools in West Virginia ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Pharmacy in West Virginia

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for pharmacy students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top West Virginia Schools for a Doctorate in Pharmacy

1

West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

73 Annual Graduates

West Virginia University is a good option for students pursuing a doctor's degree in pharmacy. Located in the city of Morgantown, WVU is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in pharmacy from West Virginia University

2

Marshall University
Huntington, WV

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

54 Annual Graduates

Marshall University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in pharmacy. Located in the city of Huntington, Marshall University is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in pharmacy from Marshall University

3

University of Charleston
Charleston, WV

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

42 Annual Graduates

University of Charleston is a great choice for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in pharmacy. Located in the city of Charleston, UC is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a doctorate in pharmacy from University of Charleston

Best Pharmacy Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	217	748
North Carolina	190	404
Georgia	190	339
Virginia	182	367
Mississippi	154	159
Tennessee	150	485
Louisiana	146	226
Alabama	139	277
South Carolina	135	252
Kentucky	119	202
Arkansas	74	151

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Pharmacy Related Rankings by Major

Pharmacy is one of 11 different types of Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Pharmacy

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Pharmaceutics and Drug Design	4
Pharmacoeconomics/Pharmaceutical Economics	3

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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