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CIP PROGRAM: 51.2010
Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Summary: 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.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics - Related Occupations

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National Completion Rate Trends

Year Associate'sBachelor'sMaster's
2020 1 1001 265
2021 1 1157 257
2022 6 1633 271
2023 1 1289 251
2024 5 1172 361
Change - +28.77% -5.28%

Related CIPs

51 HEALTH PROFESSIONS AND RELATED PROGRAMS.
51.20 Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration.
51.2001 Pharmacy.
51.2002 Pharmacy Administration and Pharmacy Policy and Regulatory Affairs.
51.2003 Pharmaceutics and Drug Design.
51.2004 Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry.
51.2005 Natural Products Chemistry and Pharmacognosy.
51.2006 Clinical and Industrial Drug Development.
51.2007 Pharmacoeconomics/Pharmaceutical Economics.
51.2008 Clinical, Hospital, and Managed Care Pharmacy.
51.2009 Industrial and Physical Pharmacy and Cosmetic Sciences.
51.2010 Pharmaceutical Sciences.
51.2011 Pharmaceutical Marketing and Management.
51.2099 Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration, Other.

Institutions granting degrees in Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Institution Degrees Granted (2024)5-Year Change

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