2023 Best Value Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in California
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Certificate School for You
In 2020-2021, 1,768 degrees and certificates were awarded to pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students who went to a California college or university. This makes it the #61 most popular major in the state.
There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in California to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for pharmacy students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best California Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences
Our 2023 rankings named San Diego State University the best value school in California for pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of San Diego, SDSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.
SDSU graduate students pay an average of $9,570 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern California. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
USC graduate students pay an average of $61,396 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Washington | 330 |
| Oregon | 190 |
| Nevada | 210 |
| Hawaii | 156 |
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Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Related Majors for Pharmacy
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences is one of 30 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Related Majors
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Nursing | 322,592 |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 89,359 |
| Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 84,492 |
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 84,274 |
| Allied Health Professions | 82,308 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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