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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences (Income $75-$110k) in Iowa

2 Ranked Colleges
207 Degrees Awarded
$19,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa For Those Making $75-$110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Iowa 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 Iowa, there were 217 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,667 and $79,530 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 207 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,469 and $117,729 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa For Those Making $75-$110k” 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The pharmacy school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa For Those Making $75-$110k”.

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Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for iowa doctor’s degree pharmacy students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences (Income $75-$110k) in Iowa

#1

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Iowa. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa For Those Making $75-$110k. Iowa City, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s pharmacy degrees to 111 students in 2019-2020.

Iowa also made our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa are $27,613, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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

#2

Drake University

Des Moines, Iowa
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Drake University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa For Those Making $75-$110k. Drake is located in Des Moines, Iowa and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 96 doctorate’s pharmacy degrees to qualified students.

Drake also made our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Drake are $11,932, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at Drake

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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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