2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences (Income $48-$75k) in Connecticut

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 Doctorate in Connecticut For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 19,436 people earned their degree in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences, making the major the 52nd most popular in the United States. 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 Connecticut, there were 238 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $107,300 and $88,054 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 148 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $79,570 and $105,639 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Connecticut For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. 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 Doctorate in Connecticut For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Connecticut For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for connecticut doctor’s degree pharmacy students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences (Income $48-$75k) in Connecticut

#1

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$41,576 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$105,306 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Connecticut For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Connecticut landed the #1 spot on the list. Storrs, Connecticut is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s pharmacy degrees to 82 students in 2019-2020.

UCONN not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCONN are $41,576, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

University of Saint Joseph

West Hartford, Connecticut

#2 in overall quality

$15,228 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Saint Joseph. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Connecticut For Those Making $48-$75k list. USJ is a small school located in West Hartford, Connecticut that handed out 66 doctorate’s pharmacy degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at USJ, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at USJ are $15,228.

Read full report on Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at USJ

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences (Income $48-$75k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences (Income $48-$75k)

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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