2023 Most Well Attended Pharmacy Major in Kentucky

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Pharmacy Major in Kentucky” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Kentucky, there were 222 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $94,622 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Pharmacy Major in Kentucky” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences. To top this list, a school must have a successful pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Pharmacy Major in Kentucky

The colleges and universities below are the best for kentucky pharmacy students.

Top 2 Most Popular Colleges for Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences in Kentucky

1

University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky

#1 overall quality in Kentucky

$43,675 Average Early-Career Earnings

$24,607 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Pharmacy Major in Kentucky that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kentucky landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Lexington, Kentucky, and it awarded 159 ’s pharmacy degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of Kentucky Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Report

2

Sullivan University
Louisville, Kentucky

#10 overall quality in Kentucky

$44,464 Average Early-Career Earnings

$28,034 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sullivan University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Pharmacy Major in Kentucky list. Sullivan University is a small school located in Louisville, Kentucky that handed out 63 ’s pharmacy degrees in 2020-2021.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at Sullivan 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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