Pharmaceutics and Drug Design

A program that focuses on the scientific study of the formulation of medicinal substances into product vehicles capable of being stored, transported, and then introduced into the patient and behaving in ways optimal to therapeutic interaction. Includes instruction in statistics, biopharmaceutics, drug metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, physical pharmacy, pharmacological analysis, drug design and development, pharmacological biotechnology, chemical separations, spectroscopy, drug-host interactions, immunology, quantitative drug measurement, enzymatic transformations, and metabolic excretion.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 34 institutions across the United States, with a total of 1659 degrees awarded annually.

Bachelor's Degrees

211

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

177

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

156

degrees awarded

Other Awards

1,106

awards given

Top Schools for Pharmaceutics and Drug Design

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN	195
2	South Dakota State University Brookings, SD	183
3	University of Toledo Toledo, OH	144
4	University of New Mexico-Main Campus Albuquerque, NM	132
5	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	123
6	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	96
7	University of Georgia Athens, GA	84
8	University of Kentucky Lexington, KY	78
9	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	78
10	University of Maryland, Baltimore Baltimore, MD	63
11	Tufts University Medford, MA	54
12	University of Kansas Lawrence, KS	48
13	West Chester University of Pennsylvania West Chester, PA	36
14	Wayne State University Detroit, MI	33
15	Auburn University Auburn, AL	33
16	University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI	30
17	University of the Pacific Stockton, CA	27
18	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	24
19	University of North Texas Health Science Center Fort Worth, TX	24
20	Temple University Philadelphia, PA	21
21	University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC	18
22	Saint Joseph's University Philadelphia, PA	18
23	Long Island University Brookville, NY	18
24	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	15
25	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	15
26	West Virginia University Morgantown, WV	12
27	Northeast Ohio Medical University Rootstown, OH	12
28	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	12
29	University of Louisiana at Monroe Monroe, LA	9
30	University of Houston Houston, TX	9
31	MCPHS University Boston, MA	6
32	Duquesne University Pittsburgh, PA	3
33	University of Mississippi University, MS	3
34	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	3