2023 Most Well Attended Pharmacy Major in Washington for a Doctorate

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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 Washington, there were 330 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $102,902 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 289 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,201 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Pharmacy Major in Washington for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Pharmacy Major in Washington for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for washington doctor’s degree pharmacy students.

Top 2 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences in Washington

1

Washington State University
Pullman, Washington

#3 overall quality in Washington

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Pharmacy Major in Washington for a Doctorate list. Washington State University is located in Pullman, Washington and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 171 doctorate’s pharmacy degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at Washington State University

2

University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, Washington

#1 overall quality in Washington

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Pharmacy Major in Washington for a Doctorate list. Located in Seattle, Washington, this large public school awarded 118 diplomas to qualified doctorate’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 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full UW Seattle Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Report

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• Most Popular 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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