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About Pharmaceutics and Drug Design

A program that focuses on the scientific study of the formulation of medicinal substances into product vehicles capable of being stored, transported, and then introduced into the patient and behaving in ways optimal to therapeutic interaction. Includes instruction in statistics, biopharmaceutics, drug metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, physical pharmacy, pharmacological analysis, drug design and development, pharmacological biotechnology, chemical separations, spectroscopy, drug-host interactions, immunology, quantitative drug measurement, enzymatic transformations, and metabolic excretion.

While Pharmaceutics and Drug Design has degrees up to the Masters degree, most students earn a Doctors degree research scholarship. Students study Pharmaceutics and Drug Design all around the US, though the major at the Bachelors degree level has the most graduates in South Dakota. The average starting salary for a graduate with a bachelor's degree in Pharmaceutics and Drug Design is $38,300.

Popularity of Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Degrees in the U.S.
This heat map represents the states that have the highest percent of Pharmaceutics and Drug Design degrees compared to all other degrees awarded in that state.
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Careers

Some top jobs related to Pharmaceutics and Drug Design, include Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists and Biochemists and Biophysicists, both of which are in high demand. Though there are higher paying positions, like Biochemists and Biophysicists. the most in-demand position for Pharmaceutics and Drug Design majors is Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary.

Top Paying Careers

These are the highest paying careers for Pharmaceutics and Drug Design majors.

Most In-Demand Careers

These are the careers in highest demand for Pharmaceutics and Drug Design majors.

Student Demographics

Total Students
209
Female Students
146 (69%)
Male Students
63 (30%)
White (130, 62%)
Hispanic or Latino (27, 13%)
Black or African American (17, 8%)
Asian (15, 7%)
U.S. Nonresident (11, 5%)
Two or more races (7, 3%)
American Indian or Alaska Native (1, <1%)
Race/ethnicity unknown (1, <1%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (0, <1%)

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