2023 Most Well Attended Pharmacy Major in Mississippi

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Mississippi” 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 Mississippi, there were 310 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $123,875 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Pharmacy Major in Mississippi” ranking looked at 3 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.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Well Attended Pharmacy Major in Mississippi

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

Top 3 Most Popular Colleges for Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences in Mississippi

1

University of Mississippi
University, Mississippi

#2 overall quality in Mississippi

$46,932 Average Early-Career Earnings

$22,859 Average Student Debt

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Pharmacy Major in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Mississippi landed the #1 spot on the list. Ole Miss is a public institution located in University, Mississippi. The school has a large population, and it awarded 263 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read more about Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at University of Mississippi

2

William Carey University
Hattiesburg, Mississippi

#4 overall quality in Mississippi

$45,171 Average Early-Career Earnings

$26,082 Average Student Debt

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Pharmacy Major in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, William Carey University landed the #2 spot on the list. Hattiesburg, Mississippi is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s pharmacy degrees to 45 students in 2020-2021.

Full William Carey University Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Report

3

East Mississippi Community College
Scooba, Mississippi

#11 overall quality in Mississippi

$28,360 Average Early-Career Earnings

$10,991 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Mississippi Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Pharmacy Major in Mississippi list. Located in Scooba, Mississippi, this small public school handed out 2 degrees to qualified ’s pharmacy students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at East Mississippi Community College

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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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