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2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

4 Ranked Colleges
490 Degrees Awarded
$27,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor's in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

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 the New England region, there were 2,010 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $97,190 and $91,490 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 490 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,041 and $24,492 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences in the New England Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Connecticut landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Storrs, Connecticut, this large public school handed out 88 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s pharmacy students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region bachelor’s degree pharmacy students with aid list, UCONN has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $22,012 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Pharmacy students with aid per year to attend UCONN.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full UCONN Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Report

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts - Lowell. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. UMass Lowell is a fairly large public school situated in Lowell, Massachusetts. It awarded 5 bachelors’s pharmacy degrees in 2019-2020.

UMass Lowell also made our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend University of Massachusetts - Lowell is $19,119 for new england region bachelor’s degree pharmacy students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at University of Massachusetts - Lowell

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s pharmacy degrees to 294 students in 2019-2020.

MCPHS University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for MCPHS University is $37,712 for new england region bachelor’s degree pharmacy students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 2.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

#4

Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeastern University landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 71 bachelors’s pharmacy degrees in 2019-2020.

Northeastern did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Northeastern is $31,093 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Pharmacy students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The low student loan default rate of 2.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at Northeastern

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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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