Pharmacy school enrollment up 2.3 percent for '89-'90 : AACP

Drug Store News, Nov 19, 1990

Pharmacy school enrollment up 2.3 percent for '89-'90: AACP

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Pharmacy school enrollment increased 2.3 percent for the 1989-90 school year, while pharmacy schools accepted less than half of all applicants, according to the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP).

The acceptances continue to fuel the slow but steady increase in the number of students entering pharmacy schools in the U.S. since 1983, the association noted.

According to AACP, enrollment decreased between 1975 and 1983. Since then there has been a 27-percent increase in enrollments since 1984-5 (including the 2.3 percent in 1989-90).

According to AACP, over 61 percent of the students enrolled in 1989-90 were women, with greater than 11 percent being minority students. (See accompanying box.)

Colleges of Pharmacy at a glance

* There are 74 colleges and schools of pahrmacy: 72 accredited

and two in candidate accreditation status. * There are three free-standing pharmacy schools, all private.

The remaining 71 are university affiliated. * Sixty-one schools offer the B.S. in pharmacy. Twenty-five of

these schools also offer the Pharm.D. as the first professional

degree. Thirteen offer te Pharm.D. as the only first professional

degree program. Forty-three offer the Pharm.D. as a post

B.S. degree. * School application to enrollment rate is 2.4:1. * Over 61 percent of total students are women. * Over 11 percent of total students are minority.

Source: American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy.