Pharmacy

A program that prepares individuals for the independent or employed practice of preparing and dispensing drugs and medications in consultation with prescribing physicians and other health care professionals, and for managing pharmacy practices and counseling patients. Includes instruction in mathematics, physics, chemistry, biochemistry, anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, pharmaceutical chemistry, pharmacognosy, pharmacy practice, pharmacy administration, applicable regulations, and professional standards and ethics.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 144 institutions across the United States, with a total of 40797 degrees awarded annually.

Associate Degrees

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

592

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

12,978

degrees awarded

Other Awards

27,198

awards given

Top Schools for Pharmacy

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

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	MCPHS University Boston, MA	1,749
2	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	786
3	Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine Erie, PA	711
4	Nova Southeastern University Fort Lauderdale, FL	711
5	University of Kansas Lawrence, KS	666
6	University of Toledo Toledo, OH	597
7	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	579
8	Long Island University Brookville, NY	555
9	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	546
10	The University of Tennessee Health Science Center Memphis, TN	546
11	St. John's University-New York Queens, NY	516
12	University of the Pacific Stockton, CA	480
13	University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL	480
14	Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Albany, NY	471
15	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	468
16	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	459
17	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	459
18	Shenandoah University Winchester, VA	444
19	Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN	432
20	Temple University Philadelphia, PA	429
21	Auburn University Auburn, AL	429
22	Northeastern University Boston, MA	426
23	Midwestern University-Downers Grove Downers Grove, IL	426
24	Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Lubbock, TX	420
25	University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis Saint Louis, MO	411
26	University of Georgia Athens, GA	408
27	Xavier University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA	408
28	Roseman University of Health Sciences Henderson, NV	390
29	University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY	390
30	University of Kentucky Lexington, KY	390
31	Creighton University Omaha, NE	390
32	Duquesne University Pittsburgh, PA	384
33	University of Missouri-Kansas City Kansas City, MO	381
34	University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Denver, CO	381
35	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	375
36	Midwestern University-Glendale Glendale, AZ	372
37	Ferris State University Big Rapids, MI	369
38	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	369
39	University of Houston Houston, TX	366
40	University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI	363
41	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	363
42	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	357
43	Washington State University Pullman, WA	357
44	University of California-San Francisco San Francisco, CA	354
45	Western University of Health Sciences Pomona, CA	354
46	Samford University Birmingham, AL	351
47	Ohio Northern University Ada, OH	348
48	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	348
49	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	348
50	Mercer University Macon, GA	342
51	Saint Joseph's University Philadelphia, PA	327
52	University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC	324
53	Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX	324
54	California Northstate University Elk Grove, CA	318
55	University of Maryland, Baltimore Baltimore, MD	312
56	Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Tallahassee, FL	300
57	Butler University Indianapolis, IN	300
58	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	294
59	Wayne State University Detroit, MI	285
60	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH	282
61	Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA	273
62	University of Mississippi University, MS	270
63	Northeast Ohio Medical University Rootstown, OH	258
64	University of the Incarnate Word San Antonio, TX	255
65	South College Knoxville, TN	249
66	West Coast University-Center for Graduate Studies Los Angeles, CA	246
67	Binghamton University Vestal, NY	243
68	Idaho State University Pocatello, ID	243
69	Chapman University Orange, CA	240
70	University of Hawaii at Hilo Hilo, HI	240
71	East Tennessee State University Johnson City, TN	234
72	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	231
73	Pacific University Forest Grove, OR	231
74	University of North Texas Health Science Center Fort Worth, TX	231
75	University of Louisiana at Monroe Monroe, LA	225
76	University of South Florida Tampa, FL	225
77	Oregon State University Corvallis, OR	219
78	University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock, AR	219
79	Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus Madison, NJ	219
80	West Virginia University Morgantown, WV	219
81	Campbell University Buies Creek, NC	216
82	North Dakota State University-Main Campus Fargo, ND	213
83	Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Philadelphia, PA	210
84	University of New Mexico-Main Campus Albuquerque, NM	207
85	Belmont University Nashville, TN	207
86	Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, SC	204
87	Touro University California Vallejo, CA	204
88	Wingate University Wingate, NC	201
89	South Dakota State University Brookings, SD	198
90	Drake University Des Moines, IA	198
91	Lipscomb University Nashville, TN	198
92	Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Edwardsville, IL	198
93	Wilkes University Wilkes-Barre, PA	198
94	Howard University Washington, DC	189
95	Southwestern Oklahoma State University Weatherford, OK	186
96	University of Oklahoma-Health Sciences Center Oklahoma City, OK	183
97	Manchester University North Manchester, IN	180
98	Texas Southern University Houston, TX	180
99	St. John Fisher University Rochester, NY	177
100	Roosevelt University Chicago, IL	177