by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 503 people earned their degree in pharmaceutics and drug design, making the major the 580th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 43 pharmaceutics and drug design graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in pharmaceutics and drug design. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in pharmaceutics and drug design.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools Highly Focused on Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Major in the Southwest Region”.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 31 ’s pharmaceutics and drug design degrees to qualified students.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston landed the #2 spot on the list. Houston, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s pharmaceutics and drug design degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center. The school came in at #3 for the Schools Highly Focused on Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Major in the Southwest Region. University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center is located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 ’s pharmaceutics and drug design degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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