Pharmacy

Ranked in 2012 | Pharmacy Rankings Methodology

As the link between patients and medicine, pharmacists must be experts on prescription drugs and over-the-counter medications, understanding use, side effects, and mixtures of medicine. These are the top pharmacy schools.

Rank School name Score
#1 University of California–​San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

4.6
#2 University of North Carolina–​Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

4.5
#3 University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, MN

4.4
#4 University of Texas–​Austin

Austin, TX

4.3
#5 University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

4.2
#5 University of Wisconsin–​Madison

Madison, WI

4.2
#7 Ohio State University

Columbus, OH

4.1
#7 Purdue University

West Lafayette, IN

4.1
#7 University of Michigan–​Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, MI

4.1
#10 University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

4.0
#10 University of Southern California

Los Angeles, CA

4.0
#10 University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

4.0
#10 University of Washington

Seattle, WA

4.0
#14 University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

3.9
#14 University of Illinois–​Chicago

Chicago, IL

3.9
#14 University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA

3.9
#17 University at Buffalo–​SUNY

Buffalo, NY

3.8
#17 University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

3.8
#17 University of Maryland–​Baltimore

Baltimore, MD

3.8
#17 University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Memphis, TN

3.8
#21 University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

3.7
#21 Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, VA

3.7
#23 University of California–​San Diego

La Jolla, CA

3.5
#24 University of Colorado–​Denver

Aurora, CO

3.4
#24 University of Mississippi

University, MS

3.4

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Morse Code: Inside the College Rankings by Bob Morse
Updates to 2 Schools' 2013 Best Colleges Ranks

University of Mary Hardin–Baylor and York College of Pennsylvania are now in the ‘Unranked’ category.

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