Best 20 Pharmacy Schools Ranked by Initial NAPLEX Passing Scores
Recent data from the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy reveals a minor decline in the initial pass rates for the North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination over the last two years.
The association disclosed the NAPLEX first-attempt and overall pass percentages for 2023 graduates from 144 institutions in late January. The report shows that the initial pass rate was 81.3% in 2021. It dropped to 77.1% the following year and slightly increased to 77.5% in 2023. Please see the Summary of School Pass Rates at the bottom.
Here are the top 20 pharmacy schools ranked by their first-time NAPLEX pass rates:
(The number of first attempts in 2023 is included after the percentage.)
1. Hampton (Va.) University School of Pharmacy — 100% (4)
2. University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy (Omaha) — 97.8% (46)
3. East Tennessee State University Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy (Johnson City) — 95.4% (65)
4. University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus School of Pharmacy (San Juan) — 95.3% (43)
5. University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Pharmacy — 94.2% (120)
6. Northeastern University Bouvé College of Health Sciences School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (Boston) — 93.8% (65)
7. South Dakota State University College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions (Brookings) — 93.8% (64)
8. University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy (Chapel Hill) — 93.4% (136)
9. The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy (Columbus) — 93.1% (116)
10. Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy (Piscataway) — 92.1% (140)
11. Concordia University Wisconsin School of Pharmacy (Mequon) — 91.7% (48)
12. University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy — 91.5% (106)
13. University of Kansas School of Pharmacy (Lawrence) — 91.4% (105)
14. University of Michigan College of Pharmacy (Ann Arbor) — 91.2% (68)
15. Butler University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (Indianapolis) — 90.5% (95
15. University of the Pacific Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy (Stockton, Calif.) — 90.5% (148)
17. Ohio Northern University Raabe College of Pharmacy (Ada) — 90.4% (104)
18. University of Cincinnati James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy — 90.1% (81)
19. University of California San Diego Skaggs School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences — 88.9% (54)
20. University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy — 88.5% (113)
