Going to a school out of state, less likely to find a job in your "home" state?

[ashbash151]

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I had an interview at UB (i am a ny resident) and couple of the pharmacy students there were telling me that if you want to work in NY after you graduate, you need to go to pharmacy school here. They said it was harder for someone who graduated out of NY state to come back and work here. (they said because NYS has higher standards- unlike schools in Philly where compounding pharmacy is not required). What about NAPLEX exams, do you need to take one for each state?

Ultimately I would like to work in ny, but i only got accepted to schools out of state. Can someone pleases tell if this is true?

 

[BMBiology]

Generally speaking, yes it is true. People tend to work for a company where they have interned and in the state where they have worked. The networking is a big advantage.

 

[pharmacy7424]

This is true in the sense that pharmacy is a relatively local profession. You're network at first will be based around the area you went to school in, and people will sooner hire from schools with a good local reputation that a faraway school.

Leave the west coast, nobody knows/cares how good ucsf is.

 

[pharmacy7424]

As far as NY, yes they do have a compounding exam that is unique to NYS, but if you practice in another state for at least one year, you can get licensed into NYS by reciprocity without ever having to take the NYS exam. So don't worry about that.

 

[ashbash151]

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