Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Every pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the pharmacy program at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill stacks up to those at other schools.

UNC Chapel Hill is located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and has a total student population of 30,092.

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

UNC Chapel Hill Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Pharmacy
• Doctorate Degree in Pharmacy

Online Classes Are Available at UNC Chapel Hill

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UNC Chapel Hill offers distance education options for pharmacy at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

UNC Chapel Hill Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

There were 168 students who received their doctoral degrees in pharmacy, making the school the #19 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Pharmacy Student Demographics at UNC Chapel Hill

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the pharmacy majors at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

UNC Chapel Hill Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Master’s Program

Of the 15 students who earned a master's degree in Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences from UNC Chapel Hill in 2020-2021, 73% were men and 27% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 36% men graduate in pharmacy each year. UNC Chapel Hill does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 37% more men than average.

Of the students who received a pharmacy master's degree from UNC Chapel Hill, 60% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a master's in pharmacy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Movement & Mind-Body Therapies
• Medical Science
• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science
• Medical Illustration & Informatics
• Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences

Careers That Pharmacy Grads May Go Into

A degree in pharmacy can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NC, the home state for University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Health Specialties Professors	10,090	$134,300
Pharmacists	9,970	$123,370
Sales Managers	6,790	$147,690
Marketing Managers	6,150	$145,180
Medical Scientists	4,500	$98,740

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 Marchmain05 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.