2023 Best Pharmacy Colleges for Veterans in Massachusetts

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 Massachusetts for Pharmacy” 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 Massachusetts, there were 1,056 pharmacy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Pharmacy” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in pharmacy. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent pharmacy programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the pharmacy program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Pharmacy” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Pharmacy

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

Top 2 Best Pharmacy Colleges for Veterans in Massachusetts

1

Northeastern University
Boston, Massachusetts

9 GI Bill® Students**

YES Student Veterans Organization

$25,441 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Pharmacy that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeastern University landed the #1 spot on the list. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s pharmacy degrees to 212 students in 2020-2021.

Northeastern not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.Among the 22,905 students enrolled at Northeastern, 9 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 6 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $25,441. To help with additional expenses, 2 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

With a freshman retention rate of 97%, 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%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Northeastern]](/colleges/northeastern-university/student-life/veterans/)

2

Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Boston, Massachusetts

16 GI Bill® Students**

$26,279 Average GI Bill® Award

$118,171 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Pharmacy that were part of this year’s ranking, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 783 ’s pharmacy degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at MCPHS University, the school also landed the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Of the 7,501 students enrolled at MCPHS University, 16 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 7 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $26,279. During this same period, 3 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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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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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