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 3 schools in West Virginia to determine which ones were the best for pharmacy students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 173 degrees in pharmacy during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The pharmacy program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Pharmacy rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for pharmacy schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Pharmacy Schools in West Virginia ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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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.
West Virginia University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in pharmacy. Located in the city of Morgantown, WVU is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #513 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means WVU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 85 pharmacy students who graduated with this degree at WVU in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat Marshall University if you want to pursue a degree in pharmacy. Located in the small city of Huntington, Marshall University is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 4th out of 28 schools for overall quality in the state of West Virginia.
There were roughly 60 pharmacy students who graduated with this degree at Marshall University in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Charleston is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in pharmacy. Located in the city of Charleston, UC is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 3rd out of 28 colleges for overall quality in the state of West Virginia.
There were roughly 28 pharmacy students who graduated with this degree at UC 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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The pharmacy program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Pharmacy rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for pharmacy schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
