When it comes to popularity, pharmacology & toxicology sits in the middle of the road, ranking #805 out of 1506 majors in the country. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
College Factual looked at 7 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Pharmacology & Toxicology Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 181 degrees in pharmacology & toxicology annually.
Your choice of pharmacology & toxicology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Pharmacology & Toxicology School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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.
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Best Schools for Pharmacology & Toxicology in the United States
The schools below may not offer all types of pharmacology and toxicology degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
University of Wisconsin - Madison is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in pharmacology & toxicology. UW - Madison is a very large public university located in the city of Madison. A Best Colleges rank of #40 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UW - Madison is a great university overall.
There were approximately 21 pharmacology & toxicology students who graduated with this degree at UW - Madison in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in pharmacology & toxicology has to look into Michigan State University. Michigan State is a very large public university located in the small city of East Lansing. A Best Colleges rank of #54 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Michigan State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 34 pharmacology & toxicology students who graduated with this degree at Michigan State in the most recent year we have data available.
Arizona State University - Tempe is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in pharmacology & toxicology. Located in the medium-sized city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #108 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means ASU - Tempe is a great university overall.
There were roughly 12 pharmacology & toxicology students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Tempe in the most recent data year.
University at Buffalo is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in pharmacology & toxicology. University at Buffalo is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Buffalo. This university ranks 18th out of 136 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 22 pharmacology & toxicology students who graduated with this degree at University at Buffalo in the most recent year we have data available.
UofL is a very large public university located in the city of Louisville. This university ranks 2nd out of 39 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were approximately 15 pharmacology & toxicology students who graduated with this degree at UofL in the most recent data year.
Located in the suburb of Dayton, Wright State University - Main Campus is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 46th out of 91 schools for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were roughly 24 pharmacology & toxicology students who graduated with this degree at Wright State University - Main Campus in the most recent data year.
Located in the suburb of Brookville, LIU Post is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population. This school ranks 24th out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were roughly 12 pharmacology & toxicology students who graduated with this degree at LIU Post in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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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Your choice of pharmacology & toxicology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Pharmacology & Toxicology School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
