2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences in Massachusetts
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Master’s in Massachusetts” 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 Massachusetts, there were 1,521 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $81,140 and $66,686 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 246 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,240 and $41,137 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences programs and cost less that 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts.
Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences in Massachusetts
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Massachusetts - Lowell. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts. This fairly large school is located in Lowell, Massachusetts, and it awarded 14 masters’s pharmacy degrees in 2019-2020.
UMass Lowell also made our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMass Lowell are $26,990, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Full University of Massachusetts - Lowell Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts. Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is located in Boston, Massachusetts and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 53 masters’s pharmacy degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at MCPHS University, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences are $23,280.
Full Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Report
Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeastern University landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 42 masters’s pharmacy degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Northeastern, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northeastern University are $25,558, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 122 diplomas to qualified masters’s pharmacy students in 2019-2020.
Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network also took the #5 spot in our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network are $24,938, but some majors have different tuition rates.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tufts University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts list. Medford, Massachusetts is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s pharmacy degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.
Tufts not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Tufts are $55,168, 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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