2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region
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Pharmacy is the 48th most popular major in the country with 15,416 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.
Across the Plains States region, there were 1,234 pharmacy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,094 pharmacy graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered 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.
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.
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Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region.
Top 9 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Pharmacy in the Plains States Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region. North Dakota State University is located in Fargo, North Dakota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 82 doctorate’s pharmacy degrees to qualified students.
North Dakota State University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Pharmacy Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at North Dakota State University are $11,589, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Drake University landed the #2 spot on the list. Drake University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Des Moines, Iowa. It awarded 96 doctorate’s pharmacy degrees in 2019-2020.
Drake did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Pharmacy Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Drake University are $11,932.
Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Creighton University landed the #3 spot on the list. Creighton University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Omaha, Nebraska. It awarded 137 doctorate’s pharmacy degrees in 2019-2020.
Creighton did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Pharmacy Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Creighton University are $18,528, but some majors have different tuition rates.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Dakota State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region. Brookings, South Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s pharmacy degrees to 75 students in 2019-2020.
South Dakota State also made our “Best Pharmacy Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #7. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at South Dakota State are $16,743.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Kansas. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region. KU is a large public school situated in Lawrence, Kansas. It awarded 135 doctorate’s pharmacy degrees in 2019-2020.
KU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Pharmacy Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at KU are $25,007, but some majors have different tuition rates.
With a ranking of #6, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region list. This large school is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and it awarded 164 doctorate’s pharmacy degrees in 2019-2020.
UMN Twin Cities also took the #1 spot in our “Best Pharmacy Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMN Twin Cities are $28,845, but some majors have different tuition rates.
University of Nebraska Medical Center landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region ranking. UNMC is located in Omaha, Nebraska and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 56 doctorate’s pharmacy degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNMC, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Pharmacy Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Nebraska Medical Center are $26,961, but some majors have different tuition rates.
With a ranking of #8, University of Iowa did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region list. This large school is located in Iowa City, Iowa, and it awarded 104 doctorate’s pharmacy degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Iowa, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Pharmacy Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa are $27,613, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
University of Missouri - Kansas City ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region list. This fairly large school is located in Kansas City, Missouri, and it awarded 134 doctorate’s pharmacy degrees in 2019-2020.
UMKC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best Pharmacy Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Missouri - Kansas City are $26,699.
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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%.
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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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