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by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in Pennsylvania” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences is the 53rd most popular major in the country with 19,400 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. 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 Pennsylvania, there were 1,290 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $93,925 and $82,331 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 200 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,302 and $25,698 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in Pennsylvania” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in Pennsylvania” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania bachelor’s degree pharmacy students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s pharmacy degrees to 93 students in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%.
Full University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend DeSales University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in Pennsylvania list. Located in Center Valley, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s pharmacy students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% 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 DeSales
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, West Chester University of Pennsylvania landed the #4 spot on the list. WCUPA is a fairly large public school situated in West Chester, Pennsylvania. It awarded 10 bachelors’s pharmacy degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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 full report on Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Duquesne University landed the #5 spot on the list. Duquesne is a medium-sized school located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that handed out 2 bachelors’s pharmacy degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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 full report on Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at Duquesne University
Temple University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in Pennsylvania ranking. Temple is a large school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that handed out 197 bachelors’s pharmacy degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at Temple University
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