by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Pharmacy Major in Washington” 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 Washington, there were 330 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $102,902 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Pharmacy Major in Washington” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Pharmacy Major in Washington” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for washington pharmacy students.
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 list. Washington State University is a large public school situated in Pullman, Washington. It awarded 172 ’s pharmacy degrees in 2020-2021.
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%.
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 list. Seattle, Washington is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s pharmacy degrees to 158 students in 2020-2021.
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%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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