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2023 Best Value Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

13 Colleges
$26,257 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$89,414 Avg Salary

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

Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences is the #19 most popular major in the country with 16,952 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 13 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which master'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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Master's Degree Colleges.

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

Our analysis found Southern Illinois University Edwardsville to be the best value school for pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Great Lakes Region . SIUE is a large public school located in the suburb of Edwardsville.

SIUE graduate students pay an average of $9,316 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Concordia University, Wisconsin. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the suburb of Mequon, Concordia University, Wisconsin is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

Concordia University, Wisconsin graduate students pay an average of $11,760 in tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Xavier University

Cincinnati, OH

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Xavier University is a great value for pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students working on their master’s degree. Xavier is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cincinnati.

Xavier graduate students pay an average of $12,076 in tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Northeast Ohio Medical University is a great value for pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students working on their master’s degree. NEOMED is a small public school located in the suburb of Rootstown.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at NEOMED are $14,718 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public college with a very large student population.

UW - Madison graduate students pay an average of $25,501 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UW - Madison also is in the top 5% of our Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

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University of Cincinnati - Main Campus landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences programs. UC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Cincinnati.

UC graduate students pay an average of $26,644 in tuition and fees each year.

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#7

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

With a ranking of #7, Purdue University - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best value schools for pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public college with a very large student population.

Purdue graduate students pay an average of $28,794 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Purdue is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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#8

University of Toledo

Toledo, OH

University of Toledo ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large city of Toledo, University of Toledo is a public school with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Toledo are $27,739 per year.

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University of Illinois at Chicago did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. UIC is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Chicago.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UIC are $28,468 a year.

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#10

Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, MI

Eastern Michigan University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Eastern Michigan is a large public school located in the suburb of Ypsilanti.

Eastern Michigan graduate students pay an average of $28,818 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 377
Illinois 663
Ohio 729
Indiana 336
Wisconsin 299

Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences is one of 29 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Pharmacy

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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