2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 the Southwest Region” 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 the Southwest region, there were 1,586 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $119,791 and $118,493 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 148 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The pharmacy school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region”.

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Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

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

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences in the Southwest Region

#1

Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Weatherford, Oklahoma

#1 in overall quality

$12,891 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southwestern Oklahoma State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. This small school is located in Weatherford, Oklahoma, and it awarded 86 bachelors’s pharmacy degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SWOSU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend SWOSU is $12,891 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Pharmacy students.

Read full report on Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at SWOSU

#2

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#3 in overall quality

$14,446 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. Albuquerque, New Mexico is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s pharmacy degrees to 46 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNM, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of New Mexico - Main Campus is $14,446 for southwest region bachelor’s degree pharmacy students.

Full University of New Mexico - Main Campus Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Report

#3

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

#2 in overall quality

$15,016 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 16 bachelors’s pharmacy degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Arizona, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Arizona is $15,016 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Pharmacy students.

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

Read more about Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at University of Arizona

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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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