by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
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 Far Western US region, there were 2,654 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $95,372 and $16,772 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 321 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,720 and $23,024 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences. That schools that top this list have a program in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in the Far Western US Region”.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Hawaii at Hilo landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Hilo, Hawaii, and it awarded 77 bachelors’s pharmacy degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at University of Hawaii at Hilo
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Davis. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in the Far Western US Region list. University of California - Davis is located in Davis, California and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 134 bachelors’s pharmacy degrees to qualified students.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Irvine landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Irvine, California, this large public school handed out 110 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s pharmacy students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at University of California - Irvine
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. Seattle, Washington is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s pharmacy degrees to 158 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at University of Washington - Seattle Campus
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American University of Health Sciences. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in the Far Western US Region list. Signal Hill, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s pharmacy degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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 American University of Health Sciences
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fresno Pacific University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in the Far Western US Region. Fresno, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s pharmacy degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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