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2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

9 Ranked Colleges
1,586 Degrees Awarded
$19,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Pharmacy Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Pharmacy Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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.

This year’s “Best Value Pharmacy Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences programs that also have a lower cost than 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 $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Pharmacy Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 9 Best Value Colleges for Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences (Income $75-$110k) 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 $75-$110k list. This medium-sized school is located in Levelland, Texas, and it awarded 5 ’s pharmacy degrees in 2019-2020.

South Plains College also took the #9 spot in our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $11,574 for Southwest Region Pharmacy students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend South Plains College.

Read full report on Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at South Plains College

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Pharmacy Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southwestern Oklahoma State University landed the #2 spot on the list. SWOSU is a public institution located in Weatherford, Oklahoma. The school has a small population, and it awarded 172 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

SWOSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #11 on our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Southwestern Oklahoma State University is $16,434 for Southwest Region Pharmacy students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read full report on Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Pharmacy Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #3 spot on the list. The University of Texas at Austin is a large public school situated in Austin, Texas. It awarded 139 ’s pharmacy degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Austin also took 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 $20,454 for Southwest Region Pharmacy students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin

#4

University of Houston

Houston, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. UH is located in Houston, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 132 ’s pharmacy degrees to qualified students.

UH did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Houston is $18,844 for southwest region pharmacy students whose families make $75-$110k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Full UH Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Report

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 $75-$110k. Located in Tyler, Texas, this medium-sized public school handed out 95 degrees to qualified ’s pharmacy students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region pharmacy students whose families make $75-$110k list, UT Tyler has also earned the #12 rank in our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $16,995 for southwest region pharmacy students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend UT Tyler.

Full UT Tyler Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Report

#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 $75-$110k ranking. University of Arizona is a large public school situated in Tucson, Arizona. It awarded 130 ’s pharmacy degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona also made our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #10. The estimated yearly cost for University of Arizona is $20,200 for southwest region pharmacy students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of Arizona Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Report

Texas A&M University - College Station came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Pharmacy Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. Texas A&M College Station is a large school located in College Station, Texas that handed out 113 ’s pharmacy degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station also took the #3 spot in our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Texas A&M University - College Station is $26,028 for southwest region pharmacy students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 2.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full Texas A&M College Station Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Report

#8

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this large public school handed out 119 diplomas to qualified ’s pharmacy students in 2019-2020.

UNM also took the #13 spot in our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $18,920 for Southwest Region Pharmacy students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend UNM.

Read more about Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

University of the Incarnate Word ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Pharmacy Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. UIW is a medium-sized school located in San Antonio, Texas that handed out 82 ’s pharmacy degrees 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 yearly cost to attend University of the Incarnate Word is $27,366 for southwest region pharmacy students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read full report on Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at UIW

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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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