2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Pharmacy (Income $30-$48k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 15,416 people earned their degree in pharmacy, making the major the 48th most popular in the United States.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 482 pharmacy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 16 pharmacy graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,111 and $23,874 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in pharmacy. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality pharmacy programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the pharmacy program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree pharmacy students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Pharmacy (Income $30-$48k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

The University of Montana

Missoula, Montana

#1 in overall quality

$14,314 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Montana. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. The University of Montana is located in Missoula, Montana and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 bachelors’s pharmacy degrees to qualified students.

UM also took the #1 spot in our “Best Pharmacy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UM is $14,314 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Pharmacy students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Pharmacy at The University of Montana

#2

The College of Idaho

Caldwell, Idaho

#2 in overall quality

$20,715 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, The College of Idaho landed the #2 spot on the list. Caldwell, Idaho is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s pharmacy degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

The College of Idaho not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Pharmacy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. The yearly cost to attend The College of Idaho is $20,715 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Pharmacy students whose families make $30-$48k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Pharmacy at The College of Idaho

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Pharmacy (Income $30-$48k)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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