Institutions and Programs

• As of July 2012, there are 124 U.S.-based colleges and schools of pharmacy with accredited (full or candidate status) professional degree programs and 5 schools with precandidate status. The Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) accredits programs.
• Sixty-six (66) colleges and schools of pharmacy are in private institutions and sixty-three (63) are in publicly supported universities.
• One hundred and twenty-nine (129) colleges and schools will offer the Pharm.D. as a first professional degree and eleven (11) colleges and schools will offer the Pharm.D. as a post-B.S. degree in fall 2013.
• Seventy-one (71) colleges and schools will offer graduate programs in the pharmaceutical sciences at the M.S. and/or Ph.D. level in fall 2013.
• In fall 2012, there were 6,040 full-time and 466 part-time pharmacy faculty members at 126 colleges and schools of pharmacy. 

Student Pharmacists

• First professional degree enrollment ranged from 27 to 2,028 students per college or school in fall 2012. Institutions reported an average application to enrollment rate of 6.4:1 for admission in fall 2012.

• Total first professional degree enrollment was 61,275 in fall 2012.

• The number of students already holding a B.S. in pharmacy and enrolled in Pharm.D. programs was 1,260 in fall 2012.

• Of the total number of students enrolled in first professional degree programs for fall 2012, 61.0 percent were women and 12.4 percent were underrepresented minority students.

• Professional student pharmacist enrollments have continued to rise for twelve consecutive years. Annual increases were 4.1 in fall 2001, 8.4 percent in fall 2002, 10.7 percent in fall 2003, 5.1 percent in fall 2004, 6.0 percent in fall 2005, 4.4 percent in fall 2006, 4.3 percent in fall 2007, 3.9 percent in fall 2008, 3.8 percent in fall 2009, 3.9 percent in fall 2010, 3.6 percent in fall 2011, and 4.5 percent in fall 2012. 

• Attrition estimates (tracking enrollees through to graduation) over the past five years have averaged 10.7 percent per class.

• Total fall 2012 full-time graduate student enrollment was 4,266 (3,266 students in Ph.D. programs and 1,000 in M.S. programs). Women accounted for 50.3 percent of full-time graduate students. U.S.-educated pharmacists made up 7.7 percent of the total full-time Ph.D. enrollment for whom source of degree were reported.

• In 2011-12, 12,719 first professional degrees in pharmacy were awarded: 61.2 percent to females and 38.8 percent to males. In addition, 444 post-B.S. Pharm.D. degrees were awarded.

• In 2011-12, 497 Ph.D. degrees were awarded (55.3 percent to males, 44.7 percent to females), representing a 5.5 percent increase from 2010-2011. M.S. degrees awarded decreased 17.2 percent from 822 in 2010-11 to 681 (43.8 percent to males, 56.2 percent to females) in 2011-2012.

Sources: AACP's institutional, faculty and student databases track on an annual basis the status of pharmacy's academic enterprise. Data in "Academic Pharmacy's Vital Statistics" are reflective of the Association's Profile of Pharmacy Faculty and Profile of Pharmacy Students.

Programs in Pharmacy

The following inventory represents accredited programs that have student enrollments at 129 U.S. colleges and schools of pharmacy. To ascertain the current accreditation status of each program, contact the individual college or school, or the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education, 135 S. LaSalle Street, Suite 4100, Chicago, Illinois 60603. Telephone: 312-664‑3575.

Pharm.D. as first professional degree (129):

Auburn University (AL)
Samford University (AL)
Midwestern University/Glendale (AZ)
Arizona, The University of
Arkansas for Medical Sciences, University of
Harding University (AR)
Loma Linda University (CA)
Touro University California (CA)
University of California, San Diego
University of California, San Francisco
California Northstate University
Pacific, University of the (CA)
Southern California, University of
Western University of Health Sciences (CA)
Regis University (CO)
Colorado, University of 
University of Saint Joseph (CT)
Connecticut, University of
Howard University (DC)
Florida A&M University
Nova Southeastern University (FL)
Palm Beach Atlantic University (FL)
Florida, University of
South Florida, University of
Mercer University (GA)
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine School of Pharmacy - Georgia Campus (GA)
South University (GA)
Georgia, The University of
Hawaii at Hilo, University of (HI)
Idaho State University
Chicago State University (IL)
Midwestern University/Downers Grove (IL)
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science (IL)
Roosevelt University (IL)
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Illinois at Chicago, University of
Butler University (IN)
Manchester  College (IN)*
Purdue University (IN)
Drake University (IA)
Iowa, The University of
Kansas, The University of
Kentucky, University of
Sullivan University (KY)
Louisiana at Monroe, The University of
Xavier University of Louisiana
Husson University (ME)
New England, University of (ME)
Notre Dame of Maryland University (MD)
Maryland, University of
Maryland Eastern Shore, University of
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences-Boston
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences-Worcester
Northeastern University (MA)
Western New England University (MA)
Ferris State University (MI)
Michigan, University of
Wayne State University (MI)
Minnesota, University of
Mississippi, The University of
St. Louis College of Pharmacy (MO)
Missouri-Kansas City, University of
Montana, The University of
Creighton University (NE)
Nebraska Medical Center, University of
Roseman University of Health Sciences (NV)
Fairleigh Dickinson Univeristy (NJ)*
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (NJ)
New Mexico, The University of
D'Youville College (NY)
Long Island University (NY)
St. John Fisher College (NY)
St. John’s University (NY)
Touro College of Pharmacy - New York
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York (NY)
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (NY)
Campbell University (NC)
North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of
Wingate University (NC)
North Dakota State University
Cedarville University (OH)* 
Northeast Ohio Medical University
Ohio Northern University
The Ohio State University
Cincinnati, University of (OH)
Findlay, The University of (OH)
Toledo, The University of (OH)
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Oklahoma, The University of
Oregon State University
Pacific University Oregon
Duquesne University (PA)
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (PA)
University of the Sciences (PA)
Temple University (PA)
Pittsburgh, University of (PA)
Thomas Jefferson University (PA)
Wilkes University (PA)
Puerto Rico, University of
Rhode Island, The University of
Presbyterian College (SC)
South Carolina College of Pharmacy#
South Dakota State University
Belmont University (TN)
East Tennessee State University
Lipscomb University (TN)
South College (TN)*
Union University (TN)
Tennessee, The University of
Texas A&M Health Science Center
Texas Southern University
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Houston, University of (TX)
Incarnate Word, University of the (TX)
Texas at Austin, The University of
Utah, The University of
Hampton University (VA)
Shenandoah University (VA)
Appalachian College of Pharmacy (VA)
Virginia Commonwealth University
Washington, University of
Washington State University
Marshall University (WV)*
Charleston, University of (WV)
West Virginia University
Concordia University Wisconsin (WI)
Wisconsin-Madison, University of
Wyoming, University of
Lebanese American University

# Medical University of South Carolina and University of South Carolina merged to become the South Carolina College of Pharmacy
* Inaugural class anticipated in Fall 2012

Pharm.D. degree as a post-B.S. in pharmacy degree (21)*:

Western University of Health Sciences (CA)
Colorado, University of (CO)
Howard University (DC)
Nova Southeastern University (FL)
Florida, University of
Idaho State University
Purdue University (IN)
Kansas, The University of
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences-Boston
Montana, The University of
Creighton University (NE)
New Mexico, The University of
Campbell University (NC)
North Dakota State University
Ohio Northern University
The Ohio State University
Oklahoma, The University of
Shenandoah University (VA)
Virginia Commonwealth University
Washington, University of
Lebanese American University

*11 of these schools anticipate offering the Pharm.D. as a post-B.S. in pharmacy degree in Fall 2013