2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences in Tennessee

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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 Tennessee, there were 578 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $110,386 and $198,772 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 28 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 Tennessee” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee

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

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences in Tennessee

#1

East Tennessee State University

Johnson City, Tennessee

#2 in overall quality

$14,332 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend East Tennessee State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee. Located in Johnson City, Tennessee, this fairly large public school handed out 27 degrees to qualified bachelors’s pharmacy students in 2019-2020.

ETSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list. The estimated yearly cost for East Tennessee State University is $14,332 for Tennessee Bachelor’s Degree Pharmacy students.

Full East Tennessee State University Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Report

#2

Belmont University

Nashville, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$35,548 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, Belmont University landed the #2 spot on the list. Belmont University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Nashville, Tennessee. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Belmont did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list. The yearly cost to attend Belmont is $35,548 for Tennessee Bachelor’s Degree Pharmacy students.

The low student loan default rate of 3.0% 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 full report on Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at Belmont

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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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