by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Great Lakes region, there were 2,923 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $88,804 and $22,336 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 516 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 14 colleges that offered a degree 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 colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree pharmacy students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio Northern University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in the Great Lakes Region. This small school is located in Ada, Ohio, and it awarded 22 bachelors’s pharmacy degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Toledo landed the #2 spot on the list. Toledo, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s pharmacy degrees to 153 students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cedarville University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in the Great Lakes Region. Located in Cedarville, Ohio, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 21 degrees to qualified bachelors’s pharmacy students in 2020-2021.
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%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Michigan University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Marquette, Michigan is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s pharmacy degrees to 32 students in 2020-2021.
Full Northern Michigan University Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in the Great Lakes Region. Ohio State is a public institution located in Columbus, Ohio. The school has a large population, and it awarded 118 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Concordia University, Wisconsin ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Concordia University, Wisconsin is a private not-for-profit institution located in Mequon, Wisconsin. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at Concordia University, Wisconsin
With a ranking of #7, University of Wisconsin - Madison did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Madison, Wisconsin is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s pharmacy degrees to 76 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full University of Wisconsin - Madison Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Report
With a ranking of #8, Purdue University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in West Lafayette, Indiana, this large public school awarded 51 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 93%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #9. U-M is a public institution located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 27 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%.
University of Dayton ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in the Great Lakes Region list. University of Dayton is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Dayton, Ohio. It awarded 4 bachelors’s pharmacy degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
Michigan Technological University landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Michigan Technological University is a medium-sized public school situated in Houghton, Michigan. It awarded 2 bachelors’s pharmacy degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at Michigan Technological University
Cleveland State University came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Cleveland State University is located in Cleveland, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s pharmacy degrees to qualified students.
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University of Cincinnati - Main Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #13. Located in Cincinnati, Ohio, this large public school handed out 154 degrees to qualified bachelors’s pharmacy students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Illinois Institute of Technology ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Illinois Tech is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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.
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