2024 Best Pharmacy Schools in the New England Region
7Colleges in the New England Region
1,493Pharmacy Degrees Awarded
Pharmacy is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #51 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
College Factual reviewed 7 schools in the New England Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of pharmacy. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,493 degrees in pharmacy during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of pharmacy school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Pharmacy School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Pharmacy Schools in the New England Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Pharmacy in the New England Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the pharmacy degrees they offer, see the list below.
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in pharmacy. MCPHS University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit college located in the large city of Boston.
There were about 783 pharmacy students who graduated with this degree at MCPHS University in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat Northeastern University if you wish to pursue a degree in pharmacy. Located in the large city of Boston, Northeastern is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #59 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Northeastern is a great university overall.
There were approximately 212 pharmacy students who graduated with this degree at Northeastern in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Rhode Island is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in pharmacy. URI is a large public university located in the suburb of Kingston. A Best Colleges rank of #320 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means URI is a great university overall.
There were about 118 pharmacy students who graduated with this degree at URI in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in pharmacy has to check out University of Connecticut. UCONN is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Storrs. A Best Colleges rank of #86 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UCONN is a great university overall.
There were about 160 pharmacy students who graduated with this degree at UCONN in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large suburb of West Hartford, USJ is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 10th out of 28 colleges for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were about 77 pharmacy students who graduated with this degree at USJ in the most recent data year.
Located in the medium-sized suburb of Biddeford, UNE is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 5th out of 19 colleges for overall quality in the state of Maine.
There were about 44 pharmacy students who graduated with this degree at UNE in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Bangor, Husson is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 10th out of 19 schools for overall quality in the state of Maine.
There were roughly 38 pharmacy students who graduated with this degree at Husson in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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Your choice of pharmacy school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Pharmacy School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
