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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Master’s in Illinois” 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 Illinois, there were 626 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $114,380 and $179,116 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 14 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Master’s in Illinois” ranking analyzed 2 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.

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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Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Master’s in Illinois

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois master’s degree pharmacy students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences in Illinois

#1

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Edwardsville, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$9,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Master’s in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Edwardsville, Illinois, this fairly large public school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified masters’s pharmacy students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SIUE, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville are $9,300.

Read full report on Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at SIUE

#2

University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$27,036 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Chicago. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Master’s in Illinois. UIC is a large school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 5 masters’s pharmacy degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UIC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UIC are $27,036.

Read more about Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at UIC

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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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