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2023 Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in California

12 Colleges
$101,290 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Doctor's Degree School for You

With 1,524 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences is the #18 most popular major in California.

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The Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in California ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 12 schools in California to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in California

The colleges and universities below are the best for pharmacy majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Top 10 Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named West Coast University-Center for Graduate Studies the best school in California for pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students working on their doctor’s degree. West Coast University-Center for Graduate Studies is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

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Out of the 12 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Western University of Health Sciences landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Pomona, Western University of Health Sciences is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Southern California. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of the Pacific. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the city of Stockton, Pacific is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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Out of the 12 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Touro University California landed the # 5 spot on the list. TUC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Vallejo.

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#6

Loma Linda University

Loma Linda, CA

With a ranking of #6, Loma Linda University did quite well on this year’s best schools for pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students working on their doctor’s degree. Loma Linda University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Loma Linda.

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University of California - San Francisco did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the large city of San Francisco, UCSF is a public college with a small student population.

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Marshall B Ketchum University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in California ranking. MBKU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Fullerton.

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University of California - San Diego came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in California ranking. Located in the city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#10

Keck Graduate Institute

Claremont, CA

Keck Graduate Institute did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. KGI is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Claremont.

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Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 330
Oregon 190
Nevada 210
Hawaii 79

One of 29 majors within the area of study, pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 66,964
Medicine 28,629
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 24,774
Public Health 19,473
Health & Medical Administrative Services 17,335

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 12 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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 the rest 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).
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