Pharmaceutical Sciences

STEM • Health Professions And Related Programs

What is it about?

A program that focuses on the basic sciences that underlie drugs and drug therapy and that prepares individuals for further study and/or careers in pharmaceutical science and research, pharmaceutical administration and sales, biotechnology, drug manufacturing, regulatory affairs, and related fields. Includes instruction in mathematics, biology, chemistry, physics, statistics, pharmaceutics, pharmacology and toxicology, dosage formulation, manufacturing, quality assurance, and regulations.

Numbers at a glance

200th
Popular nationwide
101
Search Rank on O's List
19
Colleges offer it
960
Graduates (2018-19)
Men
348
Women
612

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O's Insights on Pharmaceutical Sciences

  • Major has been increasing in popularity over the last 15 years.
  • 55% of graduates come from public universities.

Related Majors

Major Graduates Colleges
Pharmacy 1,004 10
Pharmacology 51 3