Pharmacology

A program that focuses on the scientific study of drug interactions on biological systems and organisms and the sources, chemical properties, biological effects, and therapeutic uses of drugs. Includes instruction in pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, toxicology, drug therapeutics, drug action, bodily responses to drug events, biochemical proliferation and differentiation, apoptosis, cell biology, medicinal chemistry, and studies of specific drugs and drug interactions.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 56 institutions across the United States, with a total of 1665 degrees awarded annually.

Bachelor's Degrees

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

246

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

220

degrees awarded

Other Awards

1,110

awards given

Top Schools for Pharmacology

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

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA	186
2	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	150
3	Drexel University Philadelphia, PA	99
4	University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA	75
5	CUNY York College Jamaica, NY	69
6	University of Rochester Rochester, NY	60
7	Georgetown University Washington, DC	60
8	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	60
9	The University of Tennessee Health Science Center Memphis, TN	54
10	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	54
11	New York University New York, NY	48
12	Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA	45
13	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	36
14	Duke University Durham, NC	36
15	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH	36
16	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	36
17	Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA	33
18	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	33
19	Northeastern University Boston, MA	33
20	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	30
21	Weill Medical College of Cornell University New York, NY	30
22	University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA	27
23	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	27
24	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	27
25	Boston University Boston, MA	24
26	Yale University New Haven, CT	24
27	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	21
28	University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Denver, CO	18
29	MCPHS University Boston, MA	15
30	University of Vermont Burlington, VT	15
31	Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, SC	15
32	University of Louisiana at Monroe Monroe, LA	15
33	Indiana University-Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN	12
34	University of Miami Coral Gables, FL	12
35	Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans New Orleans, LA	12
36	University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY	12
37	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	9
38	Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Carbondale, IL	9
39	University of Puerto Rico-Medical Sciences San Juan, PR	9
40	University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL	9
41	Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX	9
42	University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO	9
43	Saint Louis University Saint Louis, MO	9
44	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	6
45	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	6
46	Creighton University Omaha, NE	6
47	New York Medical College Valhalla, NY	6
48	Upstate Medical University Syracuse, NY	6
49	Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH	6
50	Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia, PA	6
51	Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport Shreveport, LA	6
52	Oregon Health & Science University Portland, OR	3
53	Kent State University at Kent Kent, OH	3
54	Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL	3
55	Augusta University Augusta, GA	3
56	University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock, AR	3