2023 Most Focused Colleges for Pharmaceutical Sciences in the Plains States Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$32,000
Avg Cost*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Pharmaceutical Sciences Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 2,139 people earned their degree in pharmaceutical sciences, making the major the 274th most popular in the United States.
Across the Plains States region, there were 183 pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Pharmaceutical Sciences Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in pharmaceutical sciences. That schools that top this list have a program in pharmaceutical sciences in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Schools Highly Focused on Pharmaceutical Sciences Major in the Plains States Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools Highly Focused on Pharmaceutical Sciences Major in the Plains States Region”.
Top 3 Most Focused Colleges for Pharmaceutical Sciences in the Plains States Region
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Pharmaceutical Sciences Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy landed the #1 spot on the list. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s pharmaceutical sciences degrees to 101 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Full UHSP Pharmaceutical Sciences Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Pharmaceutical Sciences Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, North Dakota State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Fargo, North Dakota, and it awarded 72 ’s pharmaceutical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad 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 North Dakota State University - Main Campus
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Pharmaceutical Sciences Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Creighton University landed the #3 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Omaha, Nebraska, and it awarded 10 ’s pharmaceutical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% 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 Creighton University
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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
- *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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