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2023 Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools

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Finding the Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Certificate School for You

Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences is the #11 most popular major in the country with 20,393 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for healthcare students. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 15 schools in the United States to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences for healthcare students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best for pharmacy majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Top 10 Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named University of North Texas Health Science Center the best school in the United States for pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students working on their graduate certificate. UNT Health Science Center is a small public school located in the city of Fort Worth.

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#2

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Georgia. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the city of Athens, UGA is a public school with a very large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern California. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences schools in the United States. Located in the large city of Boston, MCPHS University is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

While working on their Graduate Certificate, pharmacy majors at MCPHS University accumulate an average of around $24,008 in student debt.

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#5

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Diego State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the large city of San Diego, SDSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#6

University of the Sciences

Philadelphia, PA

University of the Sciences came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. USciences is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.

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#7

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

University of Florida ranked #7 on this year’s Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools list. UF is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville.

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University of Maryland - Baltimore did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the city of Baltimore, UMB is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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University of Cincinnati - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the city of Cincinnati, UC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

While working on their Graduate Certificate, pharmacy majors at UC accumulate an average of around $15,660 in student debt.

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The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center ranked #10 on this year’s Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the city of Memphis, UTHSC is a public college with a small student population.

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Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences by Region

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Southwest
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Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.

Pharmacy Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Pharmacy 15,637
Pharmaceutical Sciences 2,139
Other Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration 876
Pharmaceutics and Drug Design 503
Pharmacy Administration and Pharmacy Policy and Regulatory Affairs 240
Clinical and Industrial Drug Development 206
Natural Products Chemistry and Pharmacognosy 175
Pharmacoeconomics/Pharmaceutical Economics 175
Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry 161
Industrial and Physical Pharmacy and Cosmetic Sciences 152
Pharmaceutical Marketing and Management 97
Clinical, Hospital, and Managed Care Pharmacy 32

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 84,492
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Allied Health Professions 82,308

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 15 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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 the rest 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).
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