2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” 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 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.

For this year’s “Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 3 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Weatherford, Oklahoma

#1 in overall quality

$16,434 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 $75-$110k list. Southwestern Oklahoma State University 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.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SWOSU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend SWOSU is $16,434 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Pharmacy students whose families make $75-$110k.

Full SWOSU Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Report

#2

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

#2 in overall quality

$20,200 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 $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #2 spot on the 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.

University of Arizona not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $20,200 for southwest region bachelor’s degree pharmacy students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend University of Arizona.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Read full report on Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at University of Arizona

#3

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#3 in overall quality

$18,920 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 $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. Albuquerque, New Mexico is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s pharmacy degrees to 46 students in 2019-2020.

UNM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of New Mexico - Main Campus is $18,920 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Pharmacy students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read full report on Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences (Income $75-$110k)

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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