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2022 Best Value Colleges for Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

10 Ranked Colleges
1,586 Degrees Awarded
Best Value Pharmacy Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Pharmacy Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences is the 52nd most popular major in the country with 19,436 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $103,354 and had an average of $116,700 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 1,586 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $119,791 and $118,493 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Pharmacy Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 10 colleges that offer a degree in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Pharmacy Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Pharmacy Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 10 Best Value Colleges for Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

#1

South Plains College

Levelland, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Plains College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. South Plains College is located in Levelland, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 ’s pharmacy degrees to qualified students.

South Plains College also took the #9 spot in our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for South Plains College is $9,476 for Southwest Region Pharmacy students whose families make $48-$75k.

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#2

University of Houston

Houston, Texas

Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Pharmacy Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston landed the #2 spot on the list. UH is a large public school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 132 ’s pharmacy degrees in 2019-2020.

UH not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UH is $12,505 for southwest region pharmacy students whose families make $48-$75k.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full University of Houston Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. College Station, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s pharmacy degrees to 113 students in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $18,810 for Southwest Region Pharmacy students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Texas A&M University - College Station.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at Texas A&M University - College Station

Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Pharmacy Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #4 spot on the list. UT Austin is a large public school situated in Austin, Texas. It awarded 139 ’s pharmacy degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Austin, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for The University of Texas at Austin is $15,757 for southwest region pharmacy students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Tyler. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Pharmacy Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. The University of Texas at Tyler is a medium-sized public school situated in Tyler, Texas. It awarded 95 ’s pharmacy degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Tyler also made our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #12. It costs about $10,037 for southwest region pharmacy students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend UT Tyler.

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#6

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

University of Arizona landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. University of Arizona is located in Tucson, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 130 ’s pharmacy degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Arizona, the school also landed the #10 spot in our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Arizona is $15,399 for southwest region pharmacy students whose families make $48-$75k.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at University of Arizona

Southwestern Oklahoma State University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Pharmacy Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Weatherford, Oklahoma, this small public school awarded 172 diplomas to qualified ’s pharmacy students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SWOSU, the school also landed the #11 spot in our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Southwestern Oklahoma State University is $15,091 for Southwest Region Pharmacy students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full SWOSU Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Report

#8

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

University of New Mexico - Main Campus came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Pharmacy Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a large school located in Albuquerque, New Mexico that handed out 119 ’s pharmacy degrees in 2019-2020.

UNM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #13 on our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of New Mexico - Main Campus is $16,557 for Southwest Region Pharmacy students whose families make $48-$75k.

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University of the Incarnate Word ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Pharmacy Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. San Antonio, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s pharmacy degrees to 82 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UIW, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UIW is $25,383 for southwest region pharmacy students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full University of the Incarnate Word Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Report

#10

Texas Southern University

Houston, Texas

Texas Southern University landed the #10 spot on the 2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. Houston, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s pharmacy degrees to 89 students in 2019-2020.

TSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #14 on our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend TSU is $24,201 for Southwest Region Pharmacy students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read more about Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at TSU

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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