2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Kentucky For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Kentucky, there were 246 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $103,600 and $159,595 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 230 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,800 and $117,458 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for kentucky 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 Kentucky

#1

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

#1 in overall quality

$33,216 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kentucky. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Making $48-$75k list. University of Kentucky is located in Lexington, Kentucky and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 146 doctorate’s pharmacy degrees to qualified students.

UK also made our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UK are $33,216.

Full University of Kentucky Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Report

#2

Sullivan University

Louisville, Kentucky

#2 in overall quality

$15,840 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Sullivan University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Louisville, Kentucky, this small private for-profit school handed out 84 degrees to qualified doctorate’s pharmacy students in 2019-2020.

Sullivan University also took the #2 spot in our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Sullivan University are $15,840, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Sullivan University Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Report

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