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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Pharmacy in Tennessee

6 Ranked Colleges
523 Degrees Awarded
$22,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee

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 “Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across Tennessee, there were 554 pharmacy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 523 pharmacy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in pharmacy. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality pharmacy programs that also have a lower cost than 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The pharmacy school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee”.

One of our other unique offerings is College Combat. This tool lets you build your own customized comparisons utilizing the factors that are most important to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee.

Top 6 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Pharmacy in Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee list. The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center is a small school located in Memphis, Tennessee that handed out 155 doctorate’s pharmacy degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our tennessee doctor’s degree pharmacy students list, UTHSC has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Pharmacy Doctor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center are $24,430, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Pharmacy at The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center

#2

Union University

Jackson, Tennessee
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Union University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee list. Union is located in Jackson, Tennessee and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 51 doctorate’s pharmacy degrees to qualified students.

Union also took the #4 spot in our “Best Pharmacy Doctor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Union University are $10,671, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Union Pharmacy Report

#3

East Tennessee State University

Johnson City, Tennessee
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend East Tennessee State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee. East Tennessee State University is a fairly large school located in Johnson City, Tennessee that handed out 68 doctorate’s pharmacy degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ETSU, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Pharmacy Doctor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at ETSU are $25,679.

Read more about Pharmacy at East Tennessee State University

#4

Lipscomb University

Nashville, Tennessee
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lipscomb University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee. Lipscomb is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Nashville, Tennessee. It awarded 77 doctorate’s pharmacy degrees in 2019-2020.

Lipscomb also made our “Best Pharmacy Doctor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at Lipscomb University are $18,000, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Pharmacy at Lipscomb

#5

Belmont University

Nashville, Tennessee
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Belmont University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee list. Nashville, Tennessee is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s pharmacy degrees to 92 students in 2019-2020.

Belmont also took the #2 spot in our “Best Pharmacy Doctor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Belmont are $24,260, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Pharmacy at Belmont

#6

South College

Knoxville, Tennessee
#6 in overall quality

South College landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee ranking. Located in Knoxville, Tennessee, this medium-sized private for-profit school handed out 80 degrees to qualified doctorate’s pharmacy students in 2019-2020.

South College also made our “Best Pharmacy Doctor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list, coming in at #6. Average graduate tuition and fees at South College are $27,550, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Pharmacy at South College

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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