2025 Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in Connecticut

Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #4 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in Connecticut ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 116 doctor's degrees in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of doctorate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their doctor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in Connecticut list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences in Connecticut

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences.

Top Connecticut Schools for a Doctorate in Pharmacy

1

University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT

79 Annual Graduates

$91,317 Median Starting Salary

It is hard to beat University of Connecticut if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences. UCONN is a very large public university located in the town of Storrs.

Students who graduate with their doctorate from the pharmacy program state that they receive average early career wages of $91,317.

More information about a doctorate in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences from University of Connecticut

2

University of Saint Joseph
West Hartford, CT

37 Annual Graduates

University of Saint Joseph is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences. Located in the small city of West Hartford, USJ is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a doctorate in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences from University of Saint Joseph

Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	153	703
Rhode Island	78	121
Maine	46	82

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Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Related Rankings by Major

Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences is one of 34 different types of Health Professions programs to choose from.

Pharmacy Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Pharmacy	113
Pharmaceutics and Drug Design	3

Most Popular Majors Related to Pharmacy

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Medicine	311
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	221
Nursing	206
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	65
Dentistry	49
Chiropractic	33
Public Health	16
Other Health Professions	12
Communication Sciences	6
Health Sciences & Services	4

Notes and References

• 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).
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