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2023 Best Value Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in Kansas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$7,671 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$112,189 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences School for You

In 2020-2021, pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students earned 288 degrees and certificates from a Kansas school, making the subject the 4th in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for healthcare students. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

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 Schools in Kansas ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Kansas to see which programs offered the best value experiences for pharmacy students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in Kansas

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for pharmacy majors pursuing a .

Best Kansas Schools for Affordable Quality in Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences

#1

Butler Community College

El Dorado, KS
$4,176 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Butler Community College the best value school in Kansas for pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students. Butler CC is a moderately-sized public school located in the distant town of El Dorado.

Butler CC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,176 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at Butler Community College Report

#2

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS
$11,166 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Kansas is a great value for pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students. Located in the city of Lawrence, KU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at KU are $11,166 per year. The average amount in student loans that pharmacy majors at KU take out is $19,394. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $295.

KU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in Kansas list.

Read full report on Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at University of Kansas

Best Value Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Minnesota 190
Iowa 234
Missouri 491
Nebraska 201
South Dakota 138
North Dakota 157

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 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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