Regular institutional membership is restricted to colleges or schools of pharmacy whose professional degree programs have been granted full or candidate accredited status by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE). Membership requires the approval of the House of Delegates. Regular institutional members may be represented by two voting delegates in the House of Delegates, one serving as an administrative delegate and one as a faculty delegate.

Associate institutional membership is restricted to colleges and schools of pharmacy that have been granted precandidate status by the ACPE. Associate institutional members may appoint one non-voting delegate to the House of Delegates. Membership requires the approval of the House of Delegates.