2023 Best Value Pharmacy Schools in the New England Region
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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 in the New England Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences is the 53rd most popular major in the country with 20,393 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $95,543 and had an average of $23,251 in loans still to pay off.
Across the New England region, there were 1,961 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $87,221 and $26,563 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Pharmacy Schools in the New England Region” ranking looked at 10 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.
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 in the New England Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region pharmacy students.
Top 10 Best Value Colleges for Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences in the New England Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Saint Joseph. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Best Value Pharmacy Schools in the New England Region list. USJ is a small private not-for-profit school situated in West Hartford, Connecticut. It awarded 77 ’s pharmacy degrees in 2020-2021.
USJ not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $24,569 for new england region pharmacy students per year to attend University of Saint Joseph.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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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 in the New England Region. Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 911 ’s pharmacy degrees in 2020-2021.
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 Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is $37,807 for new england region pharmacy students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Pharmacy Schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Husson University landed the #3 spot on the list. Husson is a small school located in Bangor, Maine that handed out 39 ’s pharmacy degrees in 2020-2021.
Husson also made our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #8. It costs about $19,122 for new england region pharmacy students per year to attend Husson.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at Husson
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Rhode Island. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Pharmacy Schools in the New England Region. Kingston, Rhode Island is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s pharmacy degrees to 148 students in 2020-2021.
URI also made our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for URI is $18,638 for new england region pharmacy students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Pharmacy Schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New England landed the #5 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Biddeford, Maine, and it awarded 44 ’s pharmacy degrees in 2020-2021.
UNE not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of New England is $35,871 for New England Region Pharmacy students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at UNE
University of Massachusetts - Lowell ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Pharmacy Schools in the New England Region list. UMass Lowell is a public institution located in Lowell, Massachusetts. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 18 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
UMass Lowell also took the #9 spot in our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UMass Lowell is $20,079 for new england region pharmacy students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full University of Massachusetts - Lowell Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Report
With a ranking of #7, Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network did quite well on the 2023 Best Value Pharmacy Schools in the New England Region list. This fairly large school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 126 ’s pharmacy degrees in 2020-2021.
Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #10 on our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in the New England Region” list.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network
Northeastern University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Pharmacy Schools in the New England Region ranking. Northeastern is a large school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 250 ’s pharmacy degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Northeastern, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Northeastern University is $29,714 for New England Region Pharmacy students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full Northeastern Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Report
University of Connecticut landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Best Value Pharmacy Schools in the New England Region ranking. University of Connecticut is a large public school situated in Storrs, Connecticut. It awarded 166 ’s pharmacy degrees in 2020-2021.
UCONN also took the #5 spot in our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Connecticut is $22,974 for New England Region Pharmacy students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at UCONN
Tufts University did quite well in the 2023 Best Value Pharmacy Schools in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #10. This fairly large school is located in Medford, Massachusetts, and it awarded 14 ’s pharmacy degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Tufts, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $37,494 for New England Region Pharmacy students per year to attend Tufts.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read full report on Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at Tufts University
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