by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in New Jersey” 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 New Jersey, there were 348 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $89,064 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 272 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $78,439 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in New Jersey” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in New Jersey” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.
The colleges and universities below are the best for new jersey doctor’s degree pharmacy students.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, Fairleigh Dickinson University - Florham Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Madison, New Jersey, and it awarded 75 doctorate’s pharmacy degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in New Jersey. New Brunswick, New Jersey is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s pharmacy degrees to 197 students in 2020-2021.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full Rutgers New Brunswick Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Report
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