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

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.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Virginia to determine which ones were the best for pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 318 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 full 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

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in Virginia list to help you make the college decision.

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

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

Top Virginia Schools for a Doctorate in Pharmacy

1

Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA

104 Annual Graduates

Virginia Commonwealth University is a wonderful choice for students interested in a doctor's degree in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences. VCU is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Richmond.More information about a doctorate in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences from Virginia Commonwealth University

2

Shenandoah University
Winchester, VA

148 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Shenandoah University if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences. Located in the small city of Winchester, Shenandoah is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a doctorate in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences from Shenandoah University

Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	138	778
Georgia	126	352
North Carolina	115	417
Mississippi	113	184
Louisiana	103	231
Tennessee	102	489
Alabama	98	282
South Carolina	91	258
Kentucky	87	212
Arkansas	58	154
West Virginia	49	183

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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	305
Pharmaceutical Sciences	13

Most Popular Majors Related to Pharmacy

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Medicine	1,162
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	505
Allied Health Professions	331
Nursing	249
Dentistry	100
Health & Medical Administrative Services	27
Public Health	20
Alternative Medicine & Systems	12
Communication Sciences	7
Other Health Professions	5

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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