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2022 Best Value Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region

4 Ranked Colleges
108 Degrees Awarded
$27,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 1,615 people earned their degree in pharmaceutical sciences, making the major the 348th most popular in the United States.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 215 pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 108 pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in pharmaceutical sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality pharmaceutical sciences programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the pharmaceutical sciences program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Pharmaceutical Sciences in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

University of the Sciences

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of the Sciences landed the #1 spot on the list. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s pharmaceutical sciences degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

USciences not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Pharmaceutical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of the Sciences is $33,637 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree pharmaceutical sciences students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The low student loan default rate of 2.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Pharmaceutical Sciences at University of the Sciences

#2

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, New York
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University at Buffalo. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. University at Buffalo is a large public school situated in Buffalo, New York. It awarded 10 bachelors’s pharmaceutical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree pharmaceutical sciences students list, University at Buffalo has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Pharmaceutical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $18,194 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree pharmaceutical sciences students per year to attend University at Buffalo.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University at Buffalo Pharmaceutical Sciences Report

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this large public school handed out 79 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s pharmaceutical sciences students in 2019-2020.

Pitt also took the #2 spot in our “Best Pharmaceutical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $27,938 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Pharmaceutical Sciences students per year to attend Pitt.

The low student loan default rate of 3.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus Pharmaceutical Sciences Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Albany, New York, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 16 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s pharmaceutical sciences students in 2019-2020.

Albany College of Pharmacy not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Pharmaceutical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is $29,116 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Pharmaceutical Sciences students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Pharmaceutical Sciences at Albany College of Pharmacy

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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