Graduation Rate and Graduate Performance

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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
(leg​­a­cy)

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
(trans­form­ed)

77% 71%

2021
(leg­​­acy)

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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