Pharmacy is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #51 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Michigan to determine which ones were the best for pharmacy students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 321 degrees in pharmacy annually.
Your choice of pharmacy school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Pharmacy School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
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.
The pharmacy school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Pharmacy Schools in Michigan.
More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the pharmacy degrees they offer, see the list below.
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in pharmacy. Located in the medium-sized 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 roughly 83 pharmacy students who graduated with this degree at U-M in the most recent year we have data available.
It's hard to beat Wayne State University if you wish to pursue a degree in pharmacy. Located in the large city of Detroit, Wayne State is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 9th out of 56 colleges for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were about 98 pharmacy students who graduated with this degree at Wayne State in the most recent year we have data available.
It's difficult to beat Ferris State University if you wish to pursue a degree in pharmacy. Ferris is a medium-sized public university located in the town of Big Rapids. This university ranks 13th out of 56 colleges for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were about 140 pharmacy students who graduated with this degree at Ferris 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. For our Best Overall Pharmacy School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
