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2024 Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in South Carolina

3 Colleges in South Carolina
329 Pharmacy Degrees Awarded
$95,444 Avg Early-Career Salary
A degree in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #53 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in South Carolina ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 329 degrees in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences School

Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in South Carolina Your choice of pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.

In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.

Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Rankings by Degree Level

Bachelor's Degrees in Pharmacy
Master's Degrees in Pharmacy
Doctor's Degrees in Pharmacy

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 Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in South Carolina list to help you make the college decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences in South Carolina

The schools below may not offer all types of pharmacy degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top South Carolina Schools in Pharmacy

1
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
78 Pharmacy Degrees Awarded
$81,770 Median Starting Salary

Medical University of South Carolina is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences. MUSC is a small public university located in the city of Charleston.

There were approximately 78 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students who graduated with this degree at MUSC in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the pharmacy program report average early career wages of $81,770.

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2
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
176 Pharmacy Degrees Awarded
$103,612 Median Starting Salary

It is difficult to beat University of South Carolina - Columbia if you wish to pursue a degree in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences. Located in the midsize city of Columbia, UofSC is a public university with a very large student population.

There were roughly 176 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students who graduated with this degree at UofSC in the most recent data year. Those pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students who get their degree from University of South Carolina - Columbia earn $8,168 more than the average pharmacy student.

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3
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
4th Most Popular In SC

It's difficult to beat South University, Columbia if you want to pursue a degree in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences. South University, Columbia is a small private for-profit university located in the suburb of Columbia.

There were about 20 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students who graduated with this degree at South University, Columbia in the most recent year we have data available.

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Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Georgia 287 420
Florida 282 993
North Carolina 279 507
Virginia 274 382
Tennessee 269 989
Kentucky 244 222
Louisiana 242 306
Mississippi 234 310
Arkansas 234 156
Alabama 233 402
West Virginia 207 184

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One of 34 majors within the Health Professions area of study, Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

Pharmacy Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Pharmacy 252
Other Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration 71
Pharmaceutics and Drug Design 6

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Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 3,320
Allied Health Professions 1,016
Public Health 859
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 775
Health/Medical Prep Programs 608
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 545
Health & Medical Administrative Services 473
Medicine 381
Dental Support Services 372
Other Health Professions 296

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