2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Pharmacy in Massachusetts

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Pharmacy is the 48th most popular major in the country with 15,416 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Massachusetts, there were 1,110 pharmacy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 308 pharmacy graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,887 and $24,387 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in Massachusetts” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in pharmacy. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great pharmacy programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the pharmacy program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in Massachusetts

The colleges and universities below are the best for massachusetts bachelor’s degree pharmacy students.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Pharmacy in Massachusetts

#1

Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Boston, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$37,712 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in Massachusetts list. Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 239 bachelors’s pharmacy degrees in 2019-2020.

MCPHS University also took the #1 spot in our “Best Pharmacy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is $37,712 for Massachusetts Bachelor’s Degree Pharmacy students.

The low student loan default rate of 2.4% 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 more about Pharmacy at MCPHS University

#2

Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$31,093 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeastern University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in Massachusetts list. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 69 degrees to qualified bachelors’s pharmacy students in 2019-2020.

Northeastern also made our “Best Pharmacy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Northeastern University is $31,093 for Massachusetts Bachelor’s Degree Pharmacy students.

The low student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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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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