2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences in the Great Lakes Region
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$36,464
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In 2021-2022, 19,400 people earned their degree in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences, making the major the 53rd most popular in the United States. In , pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $95,543 and had an average of $124,452 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 2,820 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $88,804 and $113,915 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 477 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,415 and $23,858 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 14 colleges that offer a degree in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences.
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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in the Great Lakes Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in the Great Lakes Region”.
Top 14 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences in the Great Lakes Region
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio Northern University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Ada, Ohio, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s pharmacy degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full Ohio Northern University Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Toledo. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in the Great Lakes Region. University of Toledo is a fairly large public school situated in Toledo, Ohio. It awarded 130 bachelors’s pharmacy degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at University of Toledo
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Cedarville University landed the #3 spot on the list. Cedarville is located in Cedarville, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 25 bachelors’s pharmacy degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at Cedarville University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Michigan University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Marquette, Michigan, this medium-sized public school handed out 48 degrees to qualified bachelors’s pharmacy students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at Northern Michigan University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This large school is located in Columbus, Ohio, and it awarded 117 bachelors’s pharmacy degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at Ohio State
Concordia University, Wisconsin ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This small school is located in Mequon, Wisconsin, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s pharmacy degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at Concordia University, Wisconsin
With a ranking of #7, University of Wisconsin - Madison did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Madison, Wisconsin, this large public school awarded 36 degrees to qualified bachelors’s pharmacy students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full UW - Madison Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Report
Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This large school is located in West Lafayette, Indiana, and it awarded 49 bachelors’s pharmacy degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at Purdue
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in the Great Lakes Region list. U-M is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 37 bachelors’s pharmacy degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.
Read more about Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at U-M
University of Dayton did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #10. University of Dayton is a fairly large school located in Dayton, Ohio that handed out 3 bachelors’s pharmacy degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.5% 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 full report on Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at UDayton
Michigan Technological University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #11. Michigan Tech is a medium-sized public school situated in Houghton, Michigan. It awarded 1 bachelors’s pharmacy degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Read more about Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at Michigan Technological University
Cleveland State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #12. Cleveland, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s pharmacy degrees to 3 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at Cleveland State University
University of Cincinnati - Main Campus landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in Cincinnati, Ohio, this large public school awarded 191 degrees to qualified bachelors’s pharmacy students in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at UC
Illinois Institute of Technology ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Illinois Institute of Technology is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 5 bachelors’s pharmacy degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at Illinois Institute of Technology
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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%.
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- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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