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title: Is a Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration degree worth the debt?
cip: 5120
source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard — Field of Study (2026-06-10 release)
sourceId: src:doe:college-scorecard:field-of-study:2026-06-10
---

# Is a Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration degree worth the debt?

Leading with the **Bachelor's**, across **10** colleges (10 of 10 programs report earnings):

- **Median pay, 1 year after completion:** $37,466 ($39,369 at 2 years)
- **Median federal debt:** $21,412 (federal loans only)
- **Debt-to-earnings:** 0.64× a first year's pay
- **Across-college spread (middle 50%):** $33,106–$42,900 — the program you choose moves the number this much.


**How to read this:** these are MEDIANS across college programs, measured **1–2 years after completion** (early career, graduates only) — NOT lifetime earnings, and NOT comparable to a college's 10-years-after-entry figure. They cover **federally-aided completers at programs large enough to report**; small programs are suppressed. A field median is not a prediction of your outcome, not causal (who enters a field differs by field), and **not a "best majors" ranking** — earnings are one dimension of worth. Verify by field at the official College Scorecard (https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/).

## By degree level

| Level | Pay (1yr) | Federal debt | Debt/pay | Colleges | Programs reporting |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bachelor's | $37,466 | $21,412 | 0.64× | 10 | 10/10 |
| Master's | $92,180 | $33,689 | 0.40× | 11 | 11/11 |
| Doctoral | $103,610 | $167,617 | 1.67× | 40 | 40/40 |
| Professional | $104,502 | $140,472 | 1.31× | 90 | 90/90 |

## Where a Bachelor's in this field reports the highest early-career pay

Reflects who enrolls and where, not causal program quality.

| College | Pay (1yr) | Federal debt |
| --- | --- | --- |
| The University of Texas at Austin (TX) | $104,263 | — |
| Campbell University (NC) | $47,737 | $21,412 |
| University of Toledo (OH) | $43,168 | $24,900 |
| Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (MA) | $42,097 | $27,000 |
| Ohio Northern University (OH) | $39,800 | $27,000 |
| Purdue University-Main Campus (IN) | $35,132 | $17,500 |
| North Carolina Central University (NC) | $33,882 | $22,355 |
| University of California-Davis (CA) | $32,847 | $13,065 |
| Ohio State University-Main Campus (OH) | $27,756 | $19,294 |
| University of California-Irvine (CA) | $18,068 | $15,279 |

RECORDED College Scorecard figures + one DERIVED ratio (debt-to-earnings). Informs and compares; not advice on what to major in. Each college's full record: `/education/<slug>`.

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