by our College Data Analytics TeamFor its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 12 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for pharmacy students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,244 doctor's degrees in pharmacy during the 2022-2023 academic year.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
Your choice of pharmacy for getting your doctor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we consider a school's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a combination of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Our complete 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.
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 Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list to help you make the college decision.
Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for pharmacy students seeking a a doctor's degree.
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in pharmacy. TTUHSC is a small public university located in the large city of Lubbock.More information about a doctorate in pharmacy from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in pharmacy needs to look into University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center. Located in the city of Oklahoma City, UOHSC is a public university with a small student population.More information about a doctorate in pharmacy from University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center
Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in pharmacy has to check out Texas A&M University - College Station. Texas A&M College Station is a very large public university located in the midsize city of College Station.More information about a doctorate in pharmacy from Texas A&M University - College Station
The University of Texas at Austin is a good decision for individuals interested in a doctor's degree in pharmacy. UT Austin is a very large public university located in the large city of Austin.More information about a doctorate in pharmacy from The University of Texas at Austin
University of Arizona is a fairly large public university located in the city of Tucson.More information about a doctorate in pharmacy from University of Arizona
Located in the city of Albuquerque, UNM is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in pharmacy from University of New Mexico - Main Campus
UH is a fairly large public university located in the city of Houston.More information about a doctorate in pharmacy from University of Houston
UIW is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large city of San Antonio.More information about a doctorate in pharmacy from University of the Incarnate Word
SWOSU is a small public university located in the remote town of Weatherford.More information about a doctorate in pharmacy from Southwestern Oklahoma State University
UTEP is a very large public university located in the large city of El Paso.More information about a doctorate in pharmacy from The University of Texas at El Paso
Explore the best pharmacy schools for a specific state in the Southwest Region .
| State | Colleges | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|---|
| Texas | 309 | 861 |
| Arizona | 171 | 254 |
| Oklahoma | 124 | 126 |
| New Mexico | 73 | 66 |
One of 11 majors within the Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences area of study, Pharmacy has other similar majors worth exploring.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Pharmaceutical Sciences | 38 |
| Pharmacoeconomics/Pharmaceutical Economics | 8 |
| Pharmaceutics and Drug Design | 4 |