2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Alabama

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Alabama” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across Alabama, there were 227 pharmacy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 227 pharmacy graduates with average earnings and debt of $81,644 and $113,063 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Alabama” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in pharmacy. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent pharmacy programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the pharmacy program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Alabama

The colleges and universities below are the best for alabama doctor’s degree pharmacy students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Pharmacy in Alabama

#1

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama

#1 in overall quality

$31,956 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, Auburn University landed the #1 spot on the list. Auburn is a public institution located in Auburn, Alabama. The school has a large population, and it awarded 138 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Auburn also took the #1 spot in our “Best Pharmacy Doctor’s Degree Schools in Alabama” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Auburn University are $31,956, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Auburn Pharmacy Report

#2

Samford University

Birmingham, Alabama

#2 in overall quality

$21,227 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Samford University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Alabama. Samford University is a medium-sized school located in Birmingham, Alabama that handed out 89 doctorate’s pharmacy degrees in 2019-2020.

Samford did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Pharmacy Doctor’s Degree Schools in Alabama” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Samford University are $21,227.

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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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