2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Washington for Pharmacy for a Doctorate

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in Washington for Pharmacy for a Doctorate” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Pharmacy is the 51st most popular major in the country with 15,637 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Washington, there were 273 pharmacy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Washington for Pharmacy for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in pharmacy. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality pharmacy programs as well as strong veteran support.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the pharmacy program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Washington for Pharmacy for a Doctorate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Washington for Pharmacy for a Doctorate”.

Top 2 Best Pharmacy Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Washington

1

University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, Washington

1,283 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Washington for Pharmacy for a Doctorate. Seattle, Washington is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s pharmacy degrees to 104 students in 2020-2021.

UW Seattle not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Pharmacy Doctor’s Degree Schools in Washington” list.Our most recent data shows that 1,283 of the 48,149 students enrolled at UW Seattle were GI Bill® students, of which 769 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $14,190. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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Washington State University
Pullman, Washington

83 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Washington for Pharmacy for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Washington State University is a large school located in Pullman, Washington that handed out 167 doctorate’s pharmacy degrees in 2020-2021.

Wazzu also made our “Best Pharmacy Doctor’s Degree Schools in Washington” list, coming in at #2.According to our most recent data, Wazzu supports 31,159 students, and 83 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 53 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,702. On top of their other funding sources, 1 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Wazzu offers credit for military training for eligible students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Washington State University]](/colleges/washington-state-university/student-life/veterans/)

• Best Pharmacy Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region
• Best Pharmacy Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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).
• Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
• 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
• 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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