Pharmaceutics and Drug Design at University of Rhode Island

Every pharmaceutics and drug design school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the pharmaceutics and drug design program at University of Rhode Island stacks up to those at other schools.

URI is located in Kingston, Rhode Island and has a total student population of 17,649.

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.

URI Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Degrees Available

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

URI Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Rankings

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There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in pharmaceutics and drug design, making the school the #21 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Student Demographics at URI

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the pharmaceutics and drug design majors at University of Rhode Island.

URI Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Master’s Program

Of the 7 students who earned a master's degree in Pharmaceutics and Drug Design from URI in 2020-2021, 57% were men and 43% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 44% men graduate in pharmaceutics and drug design each year. URI does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 13% more men than average.

In the pharmaceutics and drug design master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 29% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 RI, the home state for University of Rhode Island.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
Pharmacists	1,670	$120,890

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 Tnricci under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.