Ranked #51 in popularity, pharmacy is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in West Virginia to determine which ones were the best for pharmacy students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 176 degrees in pharmacy annually.
The pharmacy program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Pharmacy rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for pharmacy schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Pharmacy Schools in West Virginia ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the pharmacy degree levels they offer.
West Virginia University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in pharmacy. Located in the city of Morgantown, WVU is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #492 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means WVU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 76 pharmacy students who graduated with this degree at WVU in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat Marshall University if you wish to pursue a degree in pharmacy. Located in the small city of Huntington, Marshall University is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 4th out of 25 colleges for overall quality in the state of West Virginia.
There were about 54 pharmacy students who graduated with this degree at Marshall University in the most recent data year.
University of Charleston is a good option for students interested in a degree in pharmacy. Located in the city of Charleston, UC is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 7th out of 25 colleges for overall quality in the state of West Virginia.
There were about 46 pharmacy students who graduated with this degree at UC in the most recent data year.
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).
The pharmacy program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Pharmacy rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for pharmacy schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
