Pre-Pharmacy Studies
Add ComparisonIn 2021, the locations with the highest concentration of Pre-Pharmacy Studies degree recipients are Big Rapids, MI, Worcester, MA, and Erie, PA. In 2021, the locations with a relatively high number of Pre-Pharmacy Studies degree recipients are Big Rapids, MI, Erie, PA, and Goodman, MS. The most common degree awarded to students studying Pre-Pharmacy Studies is a associates degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Pre-Pharmacy Studies and the types of students that study this field. Ferris State University awards the most degrees in Pre-Pharmacy Studies in the US, but Quinsigamond Community College and Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Pre-Pharmacy Studies.
Tuition costs for Pre-Pharmacy Studies majors are, on average, $5,651 for in-state public colleges, and $30,108 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Pre-Pharmacy Studies programs are Public, 2-year institutions (27 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (91 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Pre-Pharmacy Studies, is Public, 4-year or above (91 completions in 2021).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Pre-Pharmacy Studies programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
Ferris State University has the most Pre-Pharmacy Studies degree recipients, with 33 degrees awarded in 2021.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Pre-Pharmacy Studies.
Out of all institutions that offer Pre-Pharmacy Studies programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Quinsigamond Community College has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Pre-Pharmacy Studies, with 1.37%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Pre-Pharmacy Studies by year.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for Pre-Pharmacy Studies.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Health graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Health majors is $81,847 and the most common occupations are Registered nurses, Pharmacists, and Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives.
The industry that employs the most Health majors is General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers.
The average salary for Health majors is $81,847 and the most common occupations are Registered nurses, Pharmacists, and Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Health majors.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Health majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Health majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The most common occupations Health majors, by number of employees, are Registered nurses, Pharmacists, and Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Health majors working as Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives, Nurse anesthetists, and Audiologists.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Health majors are Surgeons, Physicians, and Chief executives & legislators.
The number of Health graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.68%, from 4.3M in 2020 to 4.46M in 2021.
The largest single share of Health graduates go on to work as Registered nurses (36.7%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Health by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ Health majors, by number of employees, are General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals, Outpatient care centers, and Elementary & secondary schools.
The highest paying industries of Health majors, by average wage, are Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers, Farm supplies merchant wholesalers, and Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing.
The number of Health graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.68%, from 4.3M in 2020 to 4.46M in 2021.
The industry which employs the most Health graduates by share is General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals, followed by Outpatient care centers. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Health.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Health majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Health majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Health. The most common ages of employees with this major are 30 and 31 years old, which represent 2.98% and 2.93% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Pre-Pharmacy Studies are Associates Degree, Bachelors Degree, and Postbaccalaureate Certificate.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Health are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Pre-Pharmacy Studies.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Pre-Pharmacy Studies for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Associates Degree recipients in Pre-Pharmacy Studies.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Philippines that hold Health degrees (5.11 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is Philippines (199,567 degree recipients).
