2023 Most Well Attended Pharmacy Major in the Southwest Region
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Ranked Colleges
1,307
Degrees Awarded
$30,400
Avg Cost*
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In 2020-2021, 15,637 people earned their degree in pharmacy, making the major the 51st most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 1,307 pharmacy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Pharmacy Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 14 colleges that offer a degree in pharmacy. To top this list, a school must have a successful pharmacy program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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Most Well Attended Pharmacy Major in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Pharmacy Major in the Southwest Region”.
Top 14 Most Popular Colleges for Pharmacy in the Southwest Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Pharmacy Major in the Southwest Region. TTUHSC is located in Lubbock, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 149 ’s pharmacy degrees to qualified students.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Midwestern University - Glendale. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Pharmacy Major in the Southwest Region. Midwestern University - Glendale is a small school located in Glendale, Arizona that handed out 137 ’s pharmacy degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read full report on Pharmacy at Midwestern University - Glendale
Out of the 14 schools in the Most Well Attended Pharmacy Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston landed the #3 spot on the list. Houston, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s pharmacy degrees to 133 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Pharmacy Major in the Southwest Region. Austin, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s pharmacy degrees to 124 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Pharmacy Major in the Southwest Region. Tucson, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s pharmacy degrees to 117 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Pharmacy at University of Arizona
Texas A&M University - College Station ranked #6 on this year’s Most Well Attended Pharmacy Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in College Station, Texas, this large public school awarded 112 degrees to qualified ’s pharmacy students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Pharmacy at Texas A&M University - College Station
With a ranking of #7, University of North Texas Health Science Center did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Pharmacy Major in the Southwest Region list. University of North Texas Health Science Center is a small public school situated in Fort Worth, Texas. It awarded 89 ’s pharmacy degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read more about Pharmacy at University of North Texas Health Science Center
University of the Incarnate Word landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Pharmacy Major in the Southwest Region ranking. University of the Incarnate Word is a private not-for-profit institution located in San Antonio, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 77 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Pharmacy at UIW
Southwestern Oklahoma State University landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Pharmacy Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Southwestern Oklahoma State University is a small school located in Weatherford, Oklahoma that handed out 74 ’s pharmacy degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Pharmacy at Southwestern Oklahoma State University
The University of Texas at Tyler came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Pharmacy Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Tyler, Texas, this medium-sized public school handed out 74 diplomas to qualified ’s pharmacy students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Pharmacy at UT Tyler
University of New Mexico - Main Campus came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Pharmacy Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this large public school handed out 66 diplomas to qualified ’s pharmacy students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Pharmacy at University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Texas Southern University landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Pharmacy Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas Southern University is a medium-sized public school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 66 ’s pharmacy degrees in 2020-2021.
Full TSU Pharmacy Report
University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Pharmacy Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #13. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s pharmacy degrees to 52 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read more about Pharmacy at University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center
The University of Texas at El Paso came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Pharmacy Major in the Southwest Region ranking. The University of Texas at El Paso is a large public school situated in El Paso, Texas. It awarded 37 ’s pharmacy degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Pharmacy at The University of Texas at El Paso
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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