does a bachelors degree help ?

[Doh1]

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does holding a bachelors degree help in the field or is it overlooked?

 

[Rouelle]

Some schools state that a Bachelors is preferred for admission. If you go on to grad school for a Masters or PhD, then a Bachelors is usually required. Otherwise, for normal pharmacy jobs it doesn’t matter.

 

[Doh1]

Some schools state that a Bachelors is preferred for admission. If you go on to grad school for a Masters or PhD, then a Bachelors is usually required. Otherwise, for normal pharmacy jobs it doesn’t matter.

so pharmacy jobs literally don't care about a bachelors degree? I currently hold one in Biology and I would hate to think that completing it was a waste of time. There has to be some use of it in the field. Is it at least taken into favorable consideration when applying to jobs?

 

[mustang sally]

It really doesn't matter once you have your PharmD.

 

[mentos]

so pharmacy jobs literally don't care about a bachelors degree? I currently hold one in Biology and I would hate to think that completing it was a waste of time. There has to be some use of it in the field. Is it at least taken into favorable consideration when applying to jobs?

If you have a PharmD then I wouldn't even put your BS on your resume, no one will care. So in that sense, yes it was a waste of time but at least it got pre-reqs out of the way.

 

[Wickett]

so pharmacy jobs literally don't care about a bachelors degree? I currently hold one in Biology and I would hate to think that completing it was a waste of time. There has to be some use of it in the field. Is it at least taken into favorable consideration when applying to jobs?

Why would a pharmacy employer care about your undergrad? That makes about as much sense as an employer asking someone with only a bachelor's degree about their high school extracurriculars.

I wouldn't consider getting the degree a waste....it at least gives you a degree to fall back on that isn't just pharmacy related.

 

[Dred Pirate]

so pharmacy jobs literally don't care about a bachelors degree? I currently hold one in Biology and I would hate to think that completing it was a waste of time. There has to be some use of it in the field. Is it at least taken into favorable consideration when applying to jobs?

from someone who has a bachelors and hires people - nope , doesn't mean a thing - not relevant to your career one bit

 

[BC_89]

does holding a bachelors degree help in the field or is it overlooked?

Overlooked:

Matter of fact, some PharmD programs offer a bachelors half-way through their program if you wish to obtain one. You could have done the bare minimum prerequisites and it wouldn't make your PharmD any more valuable (field wise).

 

[beautifulrobot]

I currently hold one in Biology and I would hate to think that completing it was a waste of time. There has to be some use of it in the field. Is it at least taken into favorable consideration when applying to jobs?

Kind of an odd thing to think about after the fact. No, there is no use for a bachelor's degree in the pharmacy field. Employers do not care that you have a bachelor's degree, especially in something common like Biology (maybe if you had some really unique bachelor's degree that would pique an employer's curiosity, it might increase your chances of an interview, but even that's a huge stretch). As mentioned by other posters, a bachelor's just makes applying to other graduate school programs (e.g., MPH, PhD, etc.) easier than if you had PharmD only.

I mean, can you think of any reason why a bachelor's degree would be something an employer cares about?

 

[greenteapanacea]

Do other graduate schools actually care if you don't have a bachelors degree, assuming you went to a 6-year program?

 

[Thoughtfulsinner]

Only when you're caught off the road with no toilet paper, OP

 

[gwarm01]

Do other graduate schools actually care if you don't have a bachelors degree, assuming you went to a 6-year program?

I've wondered this as well. I'm a PharmD with no bachelors and have considered masters programs during my weaker moments. I would expect it to qualify but you never know.

 

[beautifulrobot]

Do other graduate schools actually care if you don't have a bachelors degree, assuming you went to a 6-year program?

Depends on the school/program. Some of them will waive the requirement for a bachelor's if you have a PharmD, but for some schools not having a bachelor's degree is a hard no.

 

[alpha12]

If you have a BS in engineering it will help when you dont get a job as a pharmacist.

 

[Xenophylia]

I got a B.S. in biology, then applied to pharmacy school. The B.S. allowed me to go directly into the professional program without having to take the 2 years of general sciences that are usually required in the pre professional program. And honestly, getting a biology degree at a school` other than the pharmacy school I attended gave me a great advantage over my pharmacy classmates. The pharmacy schools pre-professional science courses were really watered down, while the ones I took were more like grad school prep courses. My background was much better than those that had done their general sciences at the pharmacy school itself, and it made the rest of pharmacy school much easier for me....

 

[BidingMyTime]

I got a B.S. in biology, then applied to pharmacy school. The B.S. allowed me to go directly into the professional program without having to take the 2 years of general sciences that are usually required in the pre professional program. And honestly, getting a biology degree at a school` other than the pharmacy school I attended gave me a great advantage over my pharmacy classmates. The pharmacy schools pre-professional science courses were really watered down, while the ones I took were more like grad school prep courses. My background was much better than those that had done their general sciences at the pharmacy school itself, and it made the rest of pharmacy school much easier for me....

I'll buy that it may have helped yo in pharmacy school. But that is as far as it will help. Employers of pharmacists do NOT care if they have a BS, they care if they are a licensed pharmacist, have a Pharm D vs a BS Pharm, have residency, have experience. A BS degree does not matter at all in the pharmacy field.

 

[Rouelle]

I'll buy that it may have helped yo in pharmacy school. But that is as far as it will help. Employers of pharmacists do NOT care if they have a BS, they care if they are a licensed pharmacist, have a Pharm D vs a BS Pharm, have residency, have experience. A BS degree does not matter at all in the pharmacy field.

Do any hiring managers actually give preference to PharmD applicants over those with a BSPharm (earned domestically)? The latter usually comes with at least 15 years of experience under their belts.

 

[Dred Pirate]

Do any hiring managers actually give preference to PharmD applicants over those with a BSPharm (earned domestically)? The latter usually comes with at least 15 years of experience under their belts.

honestly those with BSPharm are likely discriminated against, way to easy to use it as an indirect age discrimination