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

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 Iowa” 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 Iowa, there were 217 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,667 and $79,530 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 207 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,469 and $117,729 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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.

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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Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa

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

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

#1

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$27,613 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Iowa landed the #1 spot on the list. Iowa City, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s pharmacy degrees to 111 students in 2019-2020.

Iowa also took the #1 spot in our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Iowa are $27,613.

Read full report on Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at University of Iowa

#2

Drake University

Des Moines, Iowa

#2 in overall quality

$11,932 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, Drake University landed the #2 spot on the list. Drake is located in Des Moines, Iowa and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 96 doctorate’s pharmacy degrees to qualified students.

Drake also took the #2 spot in our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Drake University are $11,932, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at Drake 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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