If you pursue a degree in pharmacy, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #51 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Pharmacy Schools in Virginia ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 367 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. We derive our Best Overall Pharmacy School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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 Virginia list, to help you choose the best school for you.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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The schools below may not offer all types of pharmacy degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Any student pursuing a degree in pharmacy has to take a look at Virginia Commonwealth University. VCU is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Richmond. A Best Colleges rank of #240 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means VCU is a great university overall.
There were about 117 pharmacy students who graduated with this degree at VCU in the most recent year we have data available.
Shenandoah University is a great option for students pursuing a degree in pharmacy. Located in the small city of Winchester, Shenandoah is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 9th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were roughly 159 pharmacy students who graduated with this degree at Shenandoah in the most recent year we have data available.
Hampton University is a great decision for students interested in a degree in pharmacy. Located in the city of Hampton, Hampton is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 46th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were about 36 pharmacy students who graduated with this degree at Hampton 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. We derive our Best Overall Pharmacy School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
