2024 Best Pharmacy Schools in Massachusetts

Ranked #51 in popularity, pharmacy is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Massachusetts to determine which ones were the best for pharmacy students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 1,056 degrees in pharmacy to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Pharmacy Schools List

Pick Your Pharmacy Degree Level

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Pharmacy Schools in Massachusetts list to help you make the college decision. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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Best Schools for Pharmacy in Massachusetts

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the pharmacy degree levels they offer.

Top Massachusetts Schools in Pharmacy

1

Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Boston, MA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

783 Pharmacy Degrees Awarded

Any student who is interested in pharmacy needs to check out Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. MCPHS University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit college located in the large city of Boston.More information about a degree in pharmacy from Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

2

Northeastern University
Boston, MA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

212 Pharmacy Degrees Awarded

3.8% Growth in Graduates

Northeastern University is a good choice for students interested in a degree in pharmacy. Located in the large city of Boston, Northeastern is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a degree in pharmacy from Northeastern University

Best Pharmacy Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Pharmacy Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Connecticut	538	237
Rhode Island	436	118
Maine	396	82

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Rankings in Majors Related to Pharmacy

One of 11 majors within the Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences area of study, Pharmacy has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Pharmacy Administration and Pharmacy Policy and Regulatory Affairs	154
Pharmaceutical Sciences	120
Industrial and Physical Pharmacy and Cosmetic Sciences	41
Other Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration	31
Pharmaceutical Marketing and Management	25
Pharmaceutics and Drug Design	17
Clinical, Hospital, and Managed Care Pharmacy	16
Pharmacoeconomics/Pharmaceutical Economics	14
Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry	13

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Notes and References

• 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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