2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences is the 52nd most popular major in the country with 19,436 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $103,354 and had an average of $116,700 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maryland, there were 298 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $99,675 and $135,172 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 251 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,340 and $104,765 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for maryland doctor’s degree pharmacy students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences (Income $0-$30k) in Maryland

#1

University of Maryland Eastern Shore

Princess Anne, Maryland

#3 in overall quality

$16,978 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$112,363 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland Eastern Shore landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Maryland Eastern Shore is a public institution located in Princess Anne, Maryland. The school has a small population, and it awarded 48 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UMES also made our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list, coming in at #3. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UMES are $16,978.

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#2

Notre Dame of Maryland University

Baltimore, Maryland

#2 in overall quality

$11,046 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Notre Dame of Maryland University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k list. Notre Dame of Maryland University is a small school located in Baltimore, Maryland that handed out 40 doctorate’s pharmacy degrees in 2019-2020.

NDMU also made our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Notre Dame of Maryland University are $11,046.

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences (Income $0-$30k)

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).
• 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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• 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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