2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 the Southwest region, there were 1,586 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $119,791 and $118,493 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 148 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Weatherford, Oklahoma

#1 in overall quality

$9,904 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southwestern Oklahoma State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. SWOSU is located in Weatherford, Oklahoma and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 86 bachelors’s pharmacy degrees to qualified students.

SWOSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Southwestern Oklahoma State University is $9,904 for southwest region bachelor’s degree pharmacy students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at SWOSU

#2

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

#2 in overall quality

$11,466 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. University of Arizona is located in Tucson, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 16 bachelors’s pharmacy degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Arizona, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $11,466 for southwest region bachelor’s degree pharmacy students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend University of Arizona.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at University of Arizona

#3

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#3 in overall quality

$14,458 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and it awarded 46 bachelors’s pharmacy degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNM, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UNM is $14,458 for southwest region bachelor’s degree pharmacy students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full University of New Mexico - Main Campus Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Report

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences (Income $30-$48k)

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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