{"id":238961,"date":"2026-04-07T16:31:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T16:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/238961\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T16:31:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T16:31:06","slug":"ut-austin-college-of-pharmacy-leads-texas-in-new-u-s-news-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/238961\/","title":{"rendered":"UT Austin College of Pharmacy Leads Texas in New U.S. News Rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. News &amp; World Report released its 2026 rankings for colleges, universities and higher education programs across the United States. The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy ranked No. 8 in the nation and remains the top pharmacy school in Texas.<\/p>\n<p>UT Austin earned a 4.2 on a 1-5 scale. Respondents represented schools and programs offering Doctor of Pharmacy degrees accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As the link between patients and medicine,&#8221; says U.S. News &amp; World Report, &#8220;pharmacists must be experts on prescription drugs and over-the-counter medications, understanding use, side effects and interactions.&#8221; Texas Pharmacy continues to rank among the nation\u2019s best, remaining rigorously competitive among peer institutions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our students, alumni, faculty and staff are proud to be among the leading colleges of pharmacy in the country,&#8221; says Samuel M. Poloyac, Pharm.D., Ph.D., dean of The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy and James T. Doluisio Regents Chair. &#8220;We strive for excellence and impact as we shape the future of our profession through innovative care for our communities and groundbreaking health discoveries.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>View the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/best-graduate-schools\/top-health-schools\/pharmacy-rankings\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Best Pharmacy Schools rankings<\/a> to see how UT Austin stacks up against its peer institutions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"U.S. News &amp; World Report released its 2026 rankings for colleges, universities and higher education programs across the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":238962,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-238961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238961\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}