2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in the Southwest Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$32,900
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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Southwest region, there were 1,580 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $112,930 and $120,577 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 25 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,505 and $37,295 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 8 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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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in the Southwest Region”.
Top 8 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences in the Southwest Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in the Southwest Region list. TTUHSC is a medium-sized school located in Lubbock, Texas that handed out 3 masters’s pharmacy degrees in 2021-2022.
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%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Full TTUHSC Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in the Southwest Region list. UH is a public institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 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 University of Houston
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Aspen University landed the #3 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Phoenix, Arizona, and it awarded 0 masters’s pharmacy degrees in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at Aspen University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in the Southwest Region list. UT Austin is a large school located in Austin, Texas that handed out 6 masters’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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%.
Full The University of Texas at Austin Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in the Southwest Region. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a large public school situated in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It awarded 2 masters’s pharmacy degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at UNM
University of Arizona came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in the Southwest Region ranking. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 5 masters’s pharmacy degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at University of Arizona
With a ranking of #7, University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in the Southwest Region list. UOHSC is a public institution located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The school has a small population, and it awarded 58 masters’s 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Report
With a ranking of #7, University of North Texas Health Science Center did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in the Southwest Region list. Fort Worth, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s pharmacy degrees to 2 students in 2021-2022.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Full University of North Texas Health Science Center Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Report
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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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