Pharmaceutics and Drug Design at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

If you are interested in studying pharmaceutics and drug design, you may want to check out the program at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UNC Chapel Hill is located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and has a total student population of 30,092.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Pharmaceutics and Drug Design section at the bottom of this page.

UNC Chapel Hill Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Pharmaceutics and Drug Design
• Doctorate Degree in Pharmaceutics and Drug Design

Online Classes Are Available at UNC Chapel Hill

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

For those who are interested in distance learning, UNC Chapel Hill does offer online courses in pharmaceutics and drug design for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

UNC Chapel Hill Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Rankings

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

There were 13 students who received their doctoral degrees in pharmaceutics and drug design, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Student Demographics at UNC Chapel Hill

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the pharmaceutics and drug design majors at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

UNC Chapel Hill Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 students earned a master's degree in pharmaceutics and drug design from UNC Chapel Hill. About 27% of these graduates were women and the other 73% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 44% men graduate in pharmaceutics and drug design each year. UNC Chapel Hill does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 29% more men than average.

Of the students who received a pharmaceutics and drug design master's degree from UNC Chapel Hill, 60% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the pharmaceutics and drug design master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 40% of degree recipients. That is 16% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a master's in pharmaceutics and drug design.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Pharmacy

Careers That Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Grads May Go Into

A degree in pharmaceutics and drug design can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NC, the home state for University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Pharmacists	9,970	$123,370

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Marchmain05 under License

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