2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Kentucky, there were 246 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $103,600 and $159,595 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 230 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,800 and $117,458 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky” ranking looked at 2 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.

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 Doctorate in Kentucky”.

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Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky

The colleges and universities below are the best for kentucky doctor’s degree pharmacy students.

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

#1

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

#1 in overall quality

$33,216 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kentucky. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky list. Located in Lexington, Kentucky, this large public school awarded 146 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s pharmacy students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UK, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UK are $33,216, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at University of Kentucky

#2

Sullivan University

Louisville, Kentucky

#2 in overall quality

$15,840 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky that were part of this year’s ranking, Sullivan University landed the #2 spot on the list. Sullivan University is a small school located in Louisville, Kentucky that handed out 84 doctorate’s pharmacy degrees in 2019-2020.

Sullivan University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Sullivan University are $15,840, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at Sullivan 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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