2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Pharmaceutical Sciences Major in Illinois

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Pharmaceutical Sciences is the 274th most popular major in the country with 2,139 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Illinois, there were 10 pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 10 pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,317 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Pharmaceutical Sciences Major in Illinois” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in pharmaceutical sciences. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their pharmaceutical sciences program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Pharmaceutical Sciences Major in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Pharmaceutical Sciences Major in Illinois”.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Pharmaceutical Sciences in Illinois

1

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Edwardsville, Illinois

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Pharmaceutical Sciences Major in Illinois list. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is a public institution located in Edwardsville, Illinois. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Pharmaceutical Sciences at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

2

Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago, Illinois

#8 overall quality in Illinois

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Illinois Institute of Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Pharmaceutical Sciences Major in Illinois list. Illinois Institute of Technology is a medium-sized school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 3 masters’s pharmaceutical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read full report on Pharmaceutical Sciences at Illinois Institute of Technology

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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