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2023 Best Value Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in California

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$35,483 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,907 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students earned 1,768 degrees and certificates from a California school, making the subject the 9th in the state.

Today's healthcare students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Best Value Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in California ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in California to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for pharmacy students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in California

Check out the pharmacy graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences

#1

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

Our 2023 rankings named San Diego State University the best value school in California for pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students working on their graduate certificate. SDSU is a fairly large public school located in the large city of San Diego.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at SDSU are $9,570 per year.

Full Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at San Diego State University Report

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Southern California helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences schools in California. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at USC are $61,396 per year.

USC not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in California list.

Read full report on Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at University of Southern California

Best Value Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Oregon 190
Washington 330
Nevada 210
Hawaii 156

One of 30 majors within the healthcare area of study, pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

Pharmacy Focus Areas

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

Majors Similar to Pharmacy

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 2 schools only.

  • 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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