Where can I earn a degree in Pharmacy and get funding?

Answer 1

There are many schools which offer the PharmD degree. You can look at http://www.pharmcas.org
My school has a default financial aid amount of $31,000 of subsidized and unsubsidized Stafford loans. You can add on Perkins Loans, Grad PLUS loans, and HPSL to the base amount, if needed. Almost everyone will have debt, but paying it off is no big deal.
You can also be an indentured servant to one of the large pharmacy chains, and they will give you a few thousand dollars per year.

Answer 2

It really depends on what state/country you live in. I'll use the U.S. for an example, since it's the only one I'd be remotely familiar with. From what I can tell, there are specific departments devoted to Pharmacy at select schools. For example, Texas has about 6 or 7 universities with such programs. But Texas is also a very populous state. I believe that each state will have at least one, though that means if you live in a small/less populated state it become all or nothing (unless you want to pay out-of-state).

Undergraduate level pharmacy departments have been discontinued, and prospective pharmacists have special graduate programs (basically like medical school). As for funding, since it is a graduate program you are limited in obtaining federal aid. Graduate school Stafford Loans are capped at $18,500 per year (and that assumes they give you the full allotment). You may have to go into private lending, which you shouldn't have a problem with because banks tend to lend money more liberally to doctors and pharmacists, as opposed to someone getting their Masters in Creative Writing (no offense to anyone getting their Masters in Creative Writing). You can also work for a little while before going off to school to raise funds for living expenses, which will decrease the amount of loans you need to take out for at least your first year (I imagine you won't want to work at all during your studies).

Hope this is helpful, and good luck!

Answer 3

Here is one site to look up scholarships: http://www.acinet.org/acinet/scholarshipsearch/ScholarshipCategory.asp?searchtype=category&nodeid=22


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