2024 Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in Colorado

If you pursue a doctor's degree in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #4 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in Colorado ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 229 doctor's degrees in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in Colorado ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

 

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences in Colorado

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences.

Top Colorado Schools for a Doctorate in Pharmacy

1

University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus
Denver, CO

174 Annual Graduates

$100,224 Median Starting Salary

It's hard to beat University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences. Located in the large city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public university with a very large student population.

Students who graduate with their doctorate from the pharmacy program report average early career income of $100,224.

More information about a doctorate in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences from University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

2

Regis University
Denver, CO

55 Annual Graduates

$100,760 Median Starting Salary

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences has to look into Regis University. Located in the city of Denver, Regis U is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.

Soon after graduating, pharmacy doctorate recipients typically earn an average of $100,760 at the beginning of their careers.

More information about a doctorate in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences from Regis University

Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Utah	104	47
Idaho	47	84
Montana	37	62
Wyoming	32	51

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Rankings in Majors Related to Pharmacy

One of 34 majors within the Health Professions area of study, Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

Pharmacy Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Pharmacy	226
Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry	2
Pharmacoeconomics/Pharmaceutical Economics	1

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Medicine	438
Nursing	166
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	153
Dentistry	116
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	69
Communication Sciences	12
Medical Science	7
Public Health	2
Health Sciences & Services	1
Allied Health Professions	1

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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