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2023 Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Master's Degree Schools

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Finding the Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Master's Degree 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.

The Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Master's Degree Schools ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 72 schools in the United States to see which master's degree 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 Master’s Degree Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Master's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named University of Southern California the best school in the United States for pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - Baltimore. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of Baltimore, UMB is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is a great place for pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Albany, Albany College of Pharmacy is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of the Pacific. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of Stockton, Pacific is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Western University of Health Sciences helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences schools in the United States. Located in the large suburb of Pomona, Western University of Health Sciences is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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With a ranking of #6, University of Nebraska Medical Center did quite well on this year’s best schools for pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students working on their master’s degree. UNMC is a small public school located in the city of Omaha.

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The University of Texas at Austin did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the city of Austin.

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#8

University of the Sciences

Philadelphia, PA

With a ranking of #8, University of the Sciences did quite well on this year’s best schools for pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students working on their master’s degree. USciences is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.

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Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network ranked #9 on this year’s Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of Boston, Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools ranking. TTUHSC is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Lubbock.

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Honorable Mentions

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Master's Degree Schools award.

Rank College Location
11 Tufts University Medford, MA
12 Pacific University Forest Grove, OR
13 University of Wisconsin - Madison Madison, WI
14 Temple University Philadelphia, PA

Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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 25 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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