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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Virginia, there were 378 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $116,000 and $160,807 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 374 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia” 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Virginia”.

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Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia

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

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

#1

Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$29,228 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Commonwealth University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia list. This large school is located in Richmond, Virginia, and it awarded 132 doctorate’s pharmacy degrees in 2019-2020.

VCU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at VCU are $29,228, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at Virginia Commonwealth University

#2

Hampton University

Hampton, Virginia

#3 in overall quality

$13,134 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$117,228 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Hampton University landed the #2 spot on the list. Hampton, Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s pharmacy degrees to 51 students in 2019-2020.

Hampton did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Hampton University are $13,134, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at Hampton

#3

Shenandoah University

Winchester, Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$23,040 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Shenandoah University landed the #3 spot on the list. Shenandoah is located in Winchester, Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 120 doctorate’s pharmacy degrees to qualified students.

Shenandoah also made our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Shenandoah University are $23,040, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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