2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences in Michigan

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 Michigan, there were 377 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $103,267 and $113,311 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 326 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $70,785 and $113,051 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences in Michigan

#1

Ferris State University

Big Rapids, Michigan

#2 in overall quality

$7,908 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ferris State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan list. Big Rapids, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s pharmacy degrees to 130 students in 2019-2020.

Ferris also took the #2 spot in our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ferris State University are $7,908, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at Ferris

#2

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$49,548 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, this large public school handed out 96 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s pharmacy students in 2019-2020.

U-M also made our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at U-M are $49,548, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

#3

Wayne State University

Detroit, Michigan

#3 in overall quality

$37,215 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$114,925 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Wayne State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Detroit, Michigan, this large public school handed out 100 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s pharmacy students in 2019-2020.

Wayne State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Wayne State are $37,215.

Read more about Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at Wayne State 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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