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2023 Most Popular Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Basic Certificate Schools

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Finding the Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Basic 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Most Popular Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Basic Certificate Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the United States to see which basic certificate programs were the most popular for healthcare students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for pharmacy majors pursuing a basic certificate.

Our 2023 rankings named Bunker Hill Community College the most popular school in the United States for pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students working on their basic certificate. BHCC is a moderately-sized public school located in the large city of Boston.

Women make up 77% of the pharmacy majors at the school.

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Out of the 5 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Rhode Island landed the # 2 spot on the list. URI is a large public school located in the large suburb of Kingston.

About 50% of the students majoring in pharmacy at the school are women while 50% are male.

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#3

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Georgia is a great place for pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students working on their basic certificate. Located in the medium-sized city of Athens, UGA is a public school with a very large student population.

About 67% of the students majoring in pharmacy at the school are women while 33% are male.

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#4

Ivy Tech Community College

Indianapolis, IN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ivy Tech Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Basic Certificate Schools list. Ivy Tech Community College is a very large public school located in the large city of Indianapolis.

Of the 3 students majoring in pharmacy at Ivy Tech Community College, 67% are male and 33% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Durham Technical Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Basic Certificate Schools list. Located in the large city of Durham, Durham Technical Community College is a public college with a small student population.

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Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences by Region

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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 5 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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