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2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania

6 Ranked Colleges
210 Degrees Awarded
$27,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor's in Pennsylvania

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Pennsylvania, there were 1,416 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $98,960 and $81,748 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 210 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania

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

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences in Pennsylvania

#1

West Chester University of Pennsylvania

West Chester, Pennsylvania

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, West Chester University of Pennsylvania landed the #1 spot on the list. West Chester University of Pennsylvania is a fairly large public school situated in West Chester, Pennsylvania. It awarded 16 bachelors’s pharmacy degrees in 2019-2020.

WCUPA also took the #2 spot in our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for West Chester University of Pennsylvania is $22,495 for Pennsylvania Bachelor’s Degree Pharmacy students.

The low student loan default rate of 4.4% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at West Chester University of Pennsylvania

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania. This large school is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 79 bachelors’s pharmacy degrees in 2019-2020.

Pitt also made our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Pitt is $27,938 for pennsylvania bachelor’s degree pharmacy students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Pitt Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Report

#3

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Temple University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania list. Temple University is a large public school situated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It awarded 2 bachelors’s pharmacy degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Temple, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. It costs about $23,521 for pennsylvania bachelor’s degree pharmacy students per year to attend Temple University.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Temple University Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Report

#4

University of the Sciences

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of the Sciences. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania list. USciences is a private not-for-profit institution located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 99 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our pennsylvania bachelor’s degree pharmacy students list, USciences has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of the Sciences is $33,637 for pennsylvania bachelor’s degree pharmacy students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The low student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%.

Read more about Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at USciences

#5

DeSales University

Center Valley, Pennsylvania
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend DeSales University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania list. This small school is located in Center Valley, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s pharmacy degrees in 2019-2020.

DeSales did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. The yearly cost to attend DeSales University is $28,309 for pennsylvania bachelor’s degree pharmacy students.

The low student loan default rate of 4.6% 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%.

Read more about Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at DeSales University

#6

Duquesne University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Duquesne University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania ranking. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 6 degrees to qualified bachelors’s pharmacy students in 2019-2020.

Duquesne also made our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for Duquesne is $29,309 for Pennsylvania Bachelor’s Degree Pharmacy students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at Duquesne University

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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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