by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in Iowa” 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 Iowa, there were 191 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $85,649 and $85,033 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 179 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $70,100 and $137,063 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in Iowa” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in Iowa”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, Drake University landed the #1 spot on the list. Drake University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Des Moines, Iowa. It awarded 81 doctorate’s pharmacy degrees in 2021-2022.
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%.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Iowa landed the #2 spot on the list. Iowa City, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s pharmacy degrees to 98 students 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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