In 2024, 77.5% of the 10,466 pharmacy school graduates who took the NAPLEX passed the test on their first attempt. For all-time attempts in the same year, 75.4% of 11,951 graduates earned a passing score.
Here are the top 15 of 143 accredited pharmacy programs, according to their first-time NAPLEX pass rates:
Editor’s note: The number of first-time attempts in 2024 is included after the percentage.
1. Lebanese American University School of Pharmacy (Byblos) — 100% (6)
2. South Dakota State University College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions (Brookings) — 100% (56)
3. University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy (Omaha) — 98.2% (57)
4. University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Pharmacy — 96.7% (90)
5. Oregon State University College of Pharmacy (Corvallis) — 96.2% (53)
6. University of Michigan College of Pharmacy (Ann Arbor) — 94.4% (71)
7. University of California, San Diego Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences — 94.1% (51)
8. Southwestern Oklahoma State University College of Pharmacy (Weatherford) — 93.8% (32)
9. University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus School of Pharmacy (San Juan) — 93.2% (44)
10. University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy (Chapel Hill) — 92.7% (109)
11. Union University College of Pharmacy (Jackson, Tenn.) — 91.7% (24)
12. Thomas Jefferson University College of Pharmacy (Philadelphia) — 91.4% (35)
13. Northeastern University Bouvé College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (Boston) — 90.9% (66)
14. Butler University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (Indianapolis) — 90.6% (96)
15. University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center College of Pharmacy (Oklahoma City) — 90% (50)
Click here to access the top pharmacy schools for first-time NAPLEX pass rates in 2023, and click here to access the top schools for all-time pass rates in 2024.
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