2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Connecticut

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Doctorate in Connecticut” 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 Connecticut, there were 238 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $107,300 and $88,054 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 148 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $79,570 and $105,639 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Connecticut” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences programs, but they also 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Connecticut” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Connecticut

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

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences in Connecticut

#1

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$41,576 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$105,306 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Connecticut. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Connecticut. Located in Storrs, Connecticut, this large public school handed out 82 degrees to qualified doctorate’s pharmacy students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCONN, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Connecticut are $41,576, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at UCONN

#2

University of Saint Joseph

West Hartford, Connecticut

#2 in overall quality

$15,228 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Saint Joseph landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in West Hartford, Connecticut, and it awarded 66 doctorate’s pharmacy degrees in 2019-2020.

USJ did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Saint Joseph are $15,228.

Full USJ Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Report

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences

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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