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2023 Best Value Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

13 Colleges
$35,073 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$88,806 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 13 schools in California to see which 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 Schools in California

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

Top 10 Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools

#1

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA
$8,136 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named San Diego State University the best value school in California for pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students. Located in the large city of San Diego, SDSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SDSU are $8,136 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - San Francisco. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in California list. Located in the city of San Francisco, UCSF is a public school with a small student population.

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Out of the 13 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Western University of Health Sciences landed the # 3 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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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means West Coast University-Center for Graduate Studies is a great value for pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students. West Coast University-Center for Graduate Studies is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

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$14,700 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of California - San Diego. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in California list. Located in the large city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UCSD undergraduate students pay an average of $14,700 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$13,775 Average Tuition & Fees

University of California - Irvine did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students. It came in at #6 on the list. UC Irvine is a fairly large public school located in the city of Irvine.

UC Irvine undergraduate students pay an average of $13,775 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Touro University California did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students. It came in at #7 on the list. TUC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Vallejo.

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#8

Loma Linda University

Loma Linda, CA
$36,412 Average Tuition & Fees

Loma Linda University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in California list. Loma Linda University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Loma Linda.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Loma Linda University are $36,412 per year.

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$52,352 Average Tuition & Fees

University of the Pacific landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences programs. Located in the city of Stockton, Pacific is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Pacific are $52,352 a year.

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$61,503 Average Tuition & Fees

University of Southern California did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at USC are $61,503 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, USC is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Schools in California list.

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

Explore all the Best Value Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Colleges 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 13 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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