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2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Master’s in California

6 Ranked Colleges
187 Degrees Awarded
$35,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Master's in California

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Master’s in California” 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 California, there were 1,675 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $89,633 and $149,080 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 187 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Master’s in California” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered 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.

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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Master’s in California” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Master’s in California

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Master’s in California.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences in California

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Master’s in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - San Diego landed the #1 spot on the list. UCSD is a large school located in La Jolla, California that handed out 43 masters’s pharmacy degrees in 2019-2020.

UCSD not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCSD are $28,631, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at University of California - San Diego

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western University of Health Sciences. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Master’s in California. Western University of Health Sciences is located in Pomona, California and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 masters’s pharmacy degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our california master’s degree pharmacy students list, Western University of Health Sciences has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Western University of Health Sciences are $23,596.

Read more about Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at Western University of Health Sciences

#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Davis. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Master’s in California list. University of California - Davis is located in Davis, California and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 masters’s pharmacy degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our california master’s degree pharmacy students list, UC Davis has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Davis are $28,700, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at UC Davis

#4

Chapman University

Orange, California
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Chapman University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Master’s in California list. Located in Orange, California, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 9 degrees to qualified masters’s pharmacy students in 2019-2020.

Chapman not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Chapman are $35,105.

Read more about Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at Chapman

#5

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern California. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Master’s in California. This large school is located in Los Angeles, California, and it awarded 119 masters’s pharmacy degrees in 2019-2020.

USC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern California are $48,715.

Full University of Southern California Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Report

#6

University of the Pacific

Stockton, California
#3 in overall quality

University of the Pacific landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Master’s in California ranking. University of the Pacific is a private not-for-profit institution located in Stockton, California. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Pacific also made our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #3. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of the Pacific are $49,374.

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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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