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2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York

4 Ranked Colleges
228 Degrees Awarded
$25,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor's in New York

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 19,436 people earned their degree in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences, making the major the 52nd most popular in the United States. 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 New York, there were 1,296 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $104,700 and $100,724 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 228 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,973 and $22,589 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences in New York

#1

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, New York
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, University at Buffalo landed the #1 spot on the list. University at Buffalo is a public institution located in Buffalo, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

University at Buffalo also made our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend University at Buffalo is $18,194 for New York Bachelor’s Degree Pharmacy students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at University at Buffalo

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Albany, New York, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s pharmacy degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Albany College of Pharmacy, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is $29,116 for New York Bachelor’s Degree Pharmacy students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Read more about Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at Albany College of Pharmacy

#3

St. John Fisher College

Rochester, New York
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, St. John Fisher College landed the #3 spot on the list. Fisher is located in Rochester, New York and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 bachelors’s pharmacy degrees to qualified students.

Fisher did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” list. The yearly cost to attend Fisher is $27,767 for New York Bachelor’s Degree Pharmacy students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full St. John Fisher College Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Report

#4

LIU Post

Brookville, New York
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, LIU Post landed the #4 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Brookville, New York, and it awarded 189 bachelors’s pharmacy degrees in 2019-2020.

LIU Post did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” list. The yearly cost to attend LIU Post is $25,767 for new york bachelor’s degree pharmacy students.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full LIU Post Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Report

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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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