If you pursue a degree in pharmacy, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #51 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual reviewed 116 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of pharmacy. Combined, these schools handed out 14,811 degrees in pharmacy to qualified students.
Your choice of pharmacy school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Pharmacy 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.
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 Schools list to help you make the college decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of pharmacy degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
University of Southern California is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in pharmacy. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #13 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means USC is a great university overall.
There were approximately 200 pharmacy students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in pharmacy needs to look into Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. MCPHS University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit college located in the city of Boston.
There were about 669 pharmacy students who graduated with this degree at MCPHS University in the most recent year we have data available.
It is difficult to beat Roseman University of Health Sciences if you want to pursue a degree in pharmacy. Roseman University of Health Sciences is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Henderson.
There were approximately 197 pharmacy students who graduated with this degree at Roseman University of Health Sciences in the most recent data year.
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center is a wonderful option for students pursuing a degree in pharmacy. TTUHSC is a small public university located in the city of Lubbock.
There were approximately 140 pharmacy students who graduated with this degree at TTUHSC in the most recent year we have data available.
UW - Madison is a very large public university located in the large city of Madison. A Best Colleges rank of #40 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UW - Madison is a great university overall.
There were approximately 129 pharmacy students who graduated with this degree at UW - Madison in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Boston, Northeastern is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #33 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Northeastern is a great university overall.
There were roughly 201 pharmacy students who graduated with this degree at Northeastern in the most recent data year.
UW Seattle is a very large public university located in the large city of Seattle. A Best Colleges rank of #44 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UW Seattle is a great university overall.
There were about 102 pharmacy students who graduated with this degree at UW Seattle in the most recent data year.
UF is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville. A Best Colleges rank of #56 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UF is a great university overall.
There were roughly 312 pharmacy students who graduated with this degree at UF in the most recent data year.
Temple is a very large public university located in the large city of Philadelphia. This university ranks 8th out of 103 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were approximately 137 pharmacy students who graduated with this degree at Temple in the most recent year we have data available.
UGA is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Athens. This university ranks 3rd out of 68 schools for overall quality in the state of Georgia.
There were about 125 pharmacy students who graduated with this degree at UGA in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Stockton, Pacific is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 43rd out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were roughly 190 pharmacy students who graduated with this degree at Pacific in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Lawrence, KU is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 44 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kansas.
There were approximately 253 pharmacy students who graduated with this degree at KU in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the small city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #65 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Purdue is a great university overall.
There were approximately 147 pharmacy students who graduated with this degree at Purdue in the most recent data year.
UMN Twin Cities is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Minneapolis. A Best Colleges rank of #45 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UMN Twin Cities is a great university overall.
There were about 148 pharmacy students who graduated with this degree at UMN Twin Cities in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were about 205 pharmacy students who graduated with this degree at Rutgers New Brunswick in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Chicago, UIC is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 10th out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were approximately 192 pharmacy students who graduated with this degree at UIC in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 37 schools for overall quality in the state of Iowa.
There were approximately 93 pharmacy students who graduated with this degree at Iowa in the most recent year we have data available.
UCONN is a fairly large public university located in the fringe town of Storrs. A Best Colleges rank of #57 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UCONN is a great university overall.
There were approximately 142 pharmacy students who graduated with this degree at UCONN in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #22 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means U-M is a great university overall.
There were about 83 pharmacy students who graduated with this degree at U-M in the most recent data year.
University at Buffalo is a very large public university located in the large suburb of Buffalo. This university ranks 18th out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were roughly 98 pharmacy students who graduated with this degree at University at Buffalo in the most recent data year.
Duquesne is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Pittsburgh. This university ranks 12th out of 103 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were roughly 166 pharmacy students who graduated with this degree at Duquesne in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
Your choice of pharmacy school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Pharmacy School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
