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Graduation Rate and Graduate Performance
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- Graduation rate
- Post-graduate plans
- American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) residency match
- NAPLEX results for first-time takers
Graduation rate
# of students in entering class |
% graduated in 4 years (transformed 3-year curriculum*) |
% graduated in > 4 years ( > 3 years in transformed curriculum*) |
|
---|---|---|---|
2022 (*transformed 3-year curriculum) | 127 | 91% | 7% |
2021 (*transformed 3-year curriculum) | 96 | 96% | n/a |
2021 (4-year curriculum) | 127 | 99% | n/a |
2020 | 126 | 95% | 3% |
2019 | 121 | 95% | 3% |
2018 | 123 | 94% | 3% |
2017 |
122 | 90% | 3% |
2016 |
122 |
93% |
7% |
2015 |
123 |
97% |
2% |
2014 |
123 |
95% |
4% |
2013 |
122 |
94% |
5% |
2012 |
122 |
94% |
5% |
2011 |
123 |
99% |
1% |
2010 |
123 |
93% |
3% |
2009 |
122 |
97% |
2% |
Post-graduate plans
Each year the School of Pharmacy conducts a survey of graduates regarding their plans following graduation from the PharmD program. The table below summarizes this information:
Residency |
Pharmacy job |
Fellowship |
Non-pharmacy job |
Another degree |
Other |
To be determined |
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2023 | 71% | 4% | 5% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 20% |
2022 | 73% | 9% | 9% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 2% |
2021 (transformed) |
61% | 10% | 3% | 1% | 0% | 9% | 15% |
2021 |
68% | 6% | 11% | 4% | 1% | 3% | 8% |
2020 | 69% | 11% | 6% | 0% | 0% | 3% | 11% |
2019 | 61% | 13% | 9% | 0% | 1% | 6% | 10% |
2018 | 63% | 14% | 7% | 0% | 1% | 5% | 10% |
2017 |
67% | 17% | 5% | 0% | 1% | 5% | 5% |
2016 |
59% |
25% |
3% |
0% |
2% |
3% |
7% |
2015 |
61% |
20% |
4% |
1% |
0% |
5% |
9% |
2014 |
50% |
33% |
7% |
2% |
2% |
3% |
3% |
2013 |
54% |
32% |
2% |
0% |
2% |
4% |
6% |
2012 |
60% |
25% |
5% |
1% |
1% |
2% |
6% |
2011 |
64% |
19% |
2% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
12% |
2010 |
59% |
30% |
5% |
0% |
1% |
3% |
3% |
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) residency match
% that applied to the ASHP match |
% matched to an ASHP residency |
|
---|---|---|
2023 | 78% | 86% |
2022 | 77% | 87% |
2021 |
77% | 71% |
2021 |
73% | 79% |
2020 | 74% | 90% |
2019 | 73% | 82% |
2018 | 72% | 86% |
2017 |
76% | 88% |
2016 |
74% |
85% |
2015 |
64% |
83% |
2014 |
67% |
72% |
2013 |
68% |
83% |
2012 |
72% |
73% |
2011 |
79% |
72% |
2010 |
73% |
74% |
NAPLEX results for first-time takers
Graduation Year |
UCSF |
National |
---|---|---|
2023 | 86.00% | 78.00% |
2022 | 91.00% | 77.00% |
2021 | 90.00% | 81.00% |
2020 | 98.00% | 86.00% |
2019 | 96.15% | 88.34% |
2018 | 91.15% | 89.46% |
2017 | 98.13% | 87.95% |
2016 |
96.40% | 85.86% |
2015 |
99.15% |
92.64% |
2014 |
99.13% |
94.88% |
2013 |
98.08% |
95.87% |
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