2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Alabama

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 Alabama” 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 Alabama, there were 356 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $116,800 and $167,314 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 240 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $81,644 and $113,063 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Alabama” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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.

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. 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 Alabama” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Alabama

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

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

#1

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama

#1 in overall quality

$31,956 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Auburn University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Alabama. Auburn, Alabama is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s pharmacy degrees to 151 students in 2019-2020.

Auburn also took the #1 spot in our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Alabama” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Auburn are $31,956.

Full Auburn Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Report

#2

Samford University

Birmingham, Alabama

#2 in overall quality

$21,227 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$115,579 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, Samford University landed the #2 spot on the list. Birmingham, Alabama is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s pharmacy degrees to 89 students in 2019-2020.

Samford not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Alabama” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Samford University are $21,227, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at Samford

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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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