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World-class pharmacy education right here in Virginia

The VCU School of Pharmacy is one of the nation's top-ranked programs, known worldwide for launching thousands of health sciences careers. The school offers a strong curriculum focused on improving patient care through pharmaceutical research and state-of-the-art practice. Students study in bachelor's, master's, doctoral and postgraduate programs, along with our Pharmacy Technician Training Program. With a satellite campus at the Inova Fairfax Medical Campus in Northern Virginia, the VCU School of Pharmacy is based in the VCU Health campus in downtown Richmond, Virginia, and aligned with the hospitals, clinics and research of VCU Health. The school is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE).

Success

88%

2023 NAPLEX pass rate for first-time test takers

95%

On-time graduation rate

89%

2024 residency acceptance rate

91%

2024 placement rate for residencies, fellowships and postgrad education

Rankings

u.s. news and world report best pharmacy grad school for the year 2024

#16

in research funding
National Institutes of Health

#19

pharmacy school in the country
U.S. News & World Report

Size

415

Pharm.D., Ph.D., M.S. and B.S. students

$19.5

million in research funding

12

residents and fellows

2

campuses

Fall '24 New Student Demographics

111

students

18-42

ages

$2.4

million in scholarships

31+

languages spoken

two out of ten people

23%

African American

zero out of ten people

1%

American Indian/Alaskan

two out of ten people

28%

Asian

three out of ten people

32%

Caucasian

one out of ten people

8%

Latinx

zero out of ten people

5%

Two or more

Did not report: 4%