2026 Best Value Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
[Pharmaceutics and Drug Design](/majors/health-care-professions/pharmacy-pharmaceutical-sciences/pharmaceutics-and-drug-design/) is a field worth comparing on the balance of cost and outcomes. The best values balance affordable tuition against strong post-graduation earnings.
For its 2026 best-value ranking, College Factual looked at 1 schools to find the best return on investment for pharmaceutics and drug design students.
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2026 Best Value Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
If you want to know which schools deliver the best value for the pharmaceutics and drug design degrees they offer, see the list below.
Best Value Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Schools
University Of Utah earned the #1 spot for value among pharmaceutics and drug design schools in the Rocky Mountains Region. Located in the city of Salt Lake City, University Of Utah is a very large public university. Expect in-state tuition and fees of around $9,620, while out-of-state students pay about $30,860. Students borrow a median of $20,798 to complete the pharmaceutics and drug design program here. Early-career pharmaceutics and drug design graduates make about $95,749. That is a strong return on a $20,798 median debt. Roughly 86% of applicants are accepted.
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Notes and References
This list is compiled by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. Schools are scored on the balance of cost (tuition and student debt) against student outcomes (post-graduation earnings) — a measure of return on investment, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 1 school evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the top 1 ranked schools only.
- 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).
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