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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking.

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 Plains States region, there were 1,657 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $103,191 and $82,090 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 460 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 3 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.

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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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 Plains States Region”.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree pharmacy students.

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

#1

North Dakota State University - Main Campus

Fargo, North Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$16,584 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, North Dakota State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. North Dakota State University is a public institution located in Fargo, North Dakota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 135 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

North Dakota State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend North Dakota State University is $16,584 for plains states region bachelor’s degree pharmacy students.

The low student loan default rate of 3.1% 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 North Dakota State University

#2

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota

#3 in overall quality

$19,252 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Dakota State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. South Dakota State University is located in Brookings, South Dakota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 75 bachelors’s pharmacy degrees to qualified students.

South Dakota State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend South Dakota State is $19,252 for plains states region bachelor’s degree pharmacy students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at South Dakota State

#3

University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas

#2 in overall quality

$18,918 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kansas. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. Lawrence, Kansas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s pharmacy degrees to 126 students in 2019-2020.

KU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend KU is $18,918 for plains states region bachelor’s degree pharmacy students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of Kansas 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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