2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in Arkansas

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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 Arkansas, there were 156 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $116,104 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 154 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $80,078 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in Arkansas” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in Arkansas

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in Arkansas”.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences in Arkansas

1

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, Arkansas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in Arkansas list. Located in Little Rock, Arkansas, this small public school handed out 108 degrees to qualified doctorate’s pharmacy students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at UAMS

2

Harding University
Searcy, Arkansas

#2 overall quality in Arkansas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harding University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Pharmacy Major in Arkansas list. Harding is located in Searcy, Arkansas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 46 doctorate’s pharmacy degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national 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.

Read more about Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at Harding University

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences in the Southeast Region
• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences

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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