by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Pharmaceutical Sciences. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences is a major offered under the health professions program of study at University of California - Irvine. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in pharmacy, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. The bachelor's program at UC Irvine was ranked #80 on College Factual's Best Schools for pharmacy list. It is also ranked #12 in California.
Here are some of the other rankings for UC Irvine.
The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $11,442 | $41,196 |
| Fees | $2,311 | $2,311 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,361 | $1,361 |
| On Campus Room and Board | $16,677 | $16,677 |
| On Campus Other Expenses | $4,250 | $4,250 |
Learn more about UC Irvine tuition and fees.
One factor in determining the overall cost in a degree is to consider how much in student loans you’ll have to take out. Pharmacy students who received their bachelor’s degree at UC Irvine took out an average of $13,727 in student loans. That is 40% lower than the national average of $22,927.
The median early career salary of pharmacy students who receive their bachelor’s degree from UC Irvine is $25,525 per year. That is 48% lower than the national average of $48,682.
Online degrees for the UC Irvine pharmacy bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UC Irvine Online Learning page.
Women made up around 63.0% of the pharmacy students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 63.9%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in pharmacy at UC Irvine in 2019-2020, 88.2% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 37%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 84 |
| Black or African American | 2 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 12 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 |
| White | 8 |
| International Students | 4 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 7 |
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Pharmaceutical Sciences | 119 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Public Health | 501 |
| Nursing | 47 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
