2023 Best Value Colleges for Pharmacy in the New England Region
7
Ranked Colleges
1,493
Degrees Awarded
$27,000
Avg Net Price*
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Pharmacy is the 51st most popular major in the country with 15,637 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the New England region, there were 1,493 pharmacy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Pharmacy Schools in the New England Region” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in pharmacy. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality pharmacy programs that also have a lower cost than 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 in the New England Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Pharmacy Schools in the New England Region.
Top 7 Best Value Colleges for Pharmacy in the New England Region
Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Pharmacy Schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Saint Joseph landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in West Hartford, Connecticut, and it awarded 77 ’s pharmacy degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our new england region pharmacy students list, USJ has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Pharmacy Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend USJ is $24,569 for new england region pharmacy students.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full USJ Pharmacy Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Pharmacy Schools in the New England Region. MCPHS University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Boston, Massachusetts. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 783 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our new england region pharmacy students list, MCPHS University has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Pharmacy Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is $37,807 for New England Region Pharmacy students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Pharmacy at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Pharmacy Schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Husson University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Bangor, Maine, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 38 diplomas to qualified ’s pharmacy students in 2020-2021.
Husson not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Pharmacy Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $19,122 for new england region pharmacy students per year to attend Husson University.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.9% 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%.
Full Husson Pharmacy Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Rhode Island. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Pharmacy Schools in the New England Region. Located in Kingston, Rhode Island, this fairly large public school handed out 118 diplomas to qualified ’s pharmacy students in 2020-2021.
URI not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Pharmacy Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Rhode Island is $18,638 for New England Region Pharmacy students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Read more about Pharmacy at University of Rhode Island
Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Pharmacy Schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New England landed the #5 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Biddeford, Maine, and it awarded 44 ’s pharmacy degrees in 2020-2021.
UNE also took the #6 spot in our “Best Pharmacy Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $35,871 for new england region pharmacy students per year to attend UNE.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% 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 University of New England
University of Connecticut landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Best Value Pharmacy Schools in the New England Region ranking. Storrs, Connecticut is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s pharmacy degrees to 160 students in 2020-2021.
UCONN did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Pharmacy Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UCONN is $22,974 for New England Region Pharmacy students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Pharmacy at UCONN
Northeastern University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Pharmacy Schools in the New England Region list. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s pharmacy degrees to 212 students in 2020-2021.
Northeastern did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Pharmacy Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $29,714 for new england region pharmacy students per year to attend Northeastern.
With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Pharmacy at Northeastern
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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
- *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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