2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences in Michigan

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In 2020-2021, 20,393 people earned their degree in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences, making the major the 53rd most popular in the United States. 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 Michigan, there were 438 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $99,653 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 61 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,004 and $27,379 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in Michigan” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in Michigan

The colleges and universities below are the best for michigan bachelor’s degree pharmacy students.

Top 3 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences in Michigan

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Northern Michigan University
Marquette, Michigan

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Michigan University landed the #1 spot on the list. Northern Michigan University is a public institution located in Marquette, Michigan. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 32 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Northern Michigan University Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Report

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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, Michigan

#1 overall quality in Michigan

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in Michigan list. Located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, this large public school awarded 27 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s pharmacy students in 2020-2021.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%.

Full University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Report

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Michigan Technological University
Houghton, Michigan

#3 overall quality in Michigan

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan Technological University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in Michigan list. Michigan Technological University is a medium-sized school located in Houghton, Michigan that handed out 2 bachelors’s pharmacy degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at Michigan Technological University

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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