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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

12 Colleges
$30,520 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$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.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Best Value 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. Our analysis looked at 12 schools in California to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for pharmacy students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

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

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

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

Our analysis found University of California - San Francisco to be the best value school for pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in California. Located in the large city of San Francisco, UCSF is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UCSF are $12,999 a year.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Western University of Health Sciences helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences schools in California. Located in the large suburb of Pomona, Western University of Health Sciences is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Western University of Health Sciences are $22,709 per year.

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Out of the 12 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, West Coast University-Center for Graduate Studies landed the # 3 spot on the list. West Coast University-Center for Graduate Studies is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at West Coast University-Center for Graduate Studies are $30,054 a year.

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Out of the 12 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - San Diego landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UCSD are $13,564 a year.

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Out of the 12 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Irvine landed the # 5 spot on the list. UC Irvine is a very large public school located in the large city of Irvine.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UC Irvine are $13,356 per year.

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Touro University California ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. TUC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Vallejo.

TUC graduate students pay an average of $31,020 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Loma Linda University

Loma Linda, CA

Loma Linda University 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. Loma Linda University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Loma Linda.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Loma Linda University are $31,058 a year.

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University of the Pacific landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences programs. Located in the large city of Stockton, Pacific is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Pacific are $50,638 per year.

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University of Southern California landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences programs. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at USC are $61,396 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, USC also did well on our Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at University of Southern California Report

Marshall B Ketchum University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in California ranking. MBKU is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Fullerton.

MBKU graduate students pay an average of $38,408 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at Marshall B Ketchum University

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

Explore all the Best Value 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.

  • 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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