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2024 Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in South Carolina

3 Colleges in South Carolina
323 Pharmacy Degrees Awarded
$95,444 Avg Early-Career Salary
A degree in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #53 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in South Carolina ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 323 degrees in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences during the 2021-2022 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences School

Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in South Carolina Your choice of pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.

In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.

Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Rankings by Degree Level

Bachelor's Degrees in Pharmacy
Master's Degrees in Pharmacy
Doctor's Degrees in Pharmacy

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in South Carolina list to help you make the college decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences in South Carolina

The schools below may not offer all types of pharmacy degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top South Carolina Schools in Pharmacy

1
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
73 Pharmacy Degrees Awarded
$81,770 Median Starting Salary

Medical University of South Carolina is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences. MUSC is a small public university located in the medium-sized city of Charleston.

There were approximately 73 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students who graduated with this degree at MUSC in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the pharmacy program state that they receive average early career wages of $81,770.

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2
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
188 Pharmacy Degrees Awarded
6.4% Growth in Graduates

It is difficult to beat University of South Carolina - Columbia if you want to pursue a degree in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences. Located in the city of Columbia, UofSC is a public university with a fairly large student population.

There were approximately 188 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students who graduated with this degree at UofSC in the most recent data year. Those pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students who get their degree from University of South Carolina - Columbia receive $8,168 more than the average pharmacy grad.

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3
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
4th Most Popular In SC

It is difficult to beat South University, Columbia if you wish to pursue a degree in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences. South University, Columbia is a small private for-profit university located in the large suburb of Columbia.

There were approximately 9 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students who graduated with this degree at South University, Columbia in the most recent data year.

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Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

StateCollegesDegrees Awarded
Georgia287420
Florida282993
North Carolina279507
Virginia274382
Tennessee269989
Kentucky244222
Louisiana242306
Mississippi234310
Arkansas234156
Alabama233402
West Virginia207184

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One of 34 majors within the Health Professions area of study, Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

Pharmacy Concentrations

MajorAnnual Graduates
Pharmacy233
Other Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration78
Pharmaceutics and Drug Design12

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Related MajorAnnual Graduates
Nursing3,333
Allied Health Professions1,056
Public Health815
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services758
Health/Medical Prep Programs755
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants618
Health & Medical Administrative Services457
Medicine351
Dental Support Services303
Other Health Professions245

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