2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences in the Plains States Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 the Plains States region, there were 1,657 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $103,191 and $82,090 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 36 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region

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

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences in the Plains States Region

#1

Creighton University

Omaha, Nebraska

#3 in overall quality

$18,528 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Creighton University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region. Creighton University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Omaha, Nebraska. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Creighton also made our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at Creighton are $18,528, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at Creighton University

#2

University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas

#4 in overall quality

$25,007 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Kansas. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region. Located in Lawrence, Kansas, this large public school handed out 13 degrees to qualified masters’s pharmacy students in 2019-2020.

KU also made our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #4. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Kansas are $25,007.

Full University of Kansas Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Report

#3

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$28,845 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region list. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is a large public school situated in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It awarded 10 masters’s pharmacy degrees in 2019-2020.

UMN Twin Cities also made our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities are $28,845, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at UMN Twin Cities

#4

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

#2 in overall quality

$27,613 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Iowa. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region list. Iowa City, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s pharmacy degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Iowa did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Iowa are $27,613, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at Iowa

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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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