Pharmaceutical Sciences at University of California - Irvine

If you plan to study pharmaceutical sciences, take a look at what University of California - Irvine has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UC Irvine is located in Irvine, California and has a total student population of 36,303.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Pharmaceutical Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

UC Irvine Pharmaceutical Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Master’s Degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences

UC Irvine Pharmaceutical Sciences Rankings

The pharmaceutical sciences major at UC Irvine is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Pharmaceutical Sciences. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

There were 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in pharmaceutical sciences, making the school the #10 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Pharmaceutical Sciences Student Demographics at UC Irvine

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the pharmaceutical sciences majors at University of California - Irvine.

UC Irvine Pharmaceutical Sciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 23% of pharmaceutical sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 77% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 51% more racial-ethnic minorities in its pharmaceutical sciences bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - Irvine with a bachelor's in pharmaceutical sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	85
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	7
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

UC Irvine Pharmaceutical Sciences Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 75% of pharmaceutical sciences master's degrees went to men and 25% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 36% men graduate in pharmaceutical sciences each year. UC Irvine does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 39% more men than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - Irvine with a master's in pharmaceutical sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Other Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration

Careers That Pharmaceutical Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in pharmaceutical sciences can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for University of California - Irvine.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Pharmacists	30,950	$139,690
Medical Scientists	26,080	$102,550

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By TFNorman under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.