Head of the class: Top pharmacy schools

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lord999 said:
Subjective in general, but any list that puts MCPHS, Creighton, and Duquesne (?!) in and leaves off Rutgers, Temple, and Buffalo are probably not thinking straight.
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Duquesne isn't a terrible school. They've been around forever and produce decent pharmacists.

That said, all of these top xxx lists are idiotic. The only thing you can really look at are NAPLEX pass rates. Everything else is subjective nonsense.
 
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WVUPharm2007 said:
Duquesne isn't a terrible school. They've been around forever and produce decent pharmacists.

That said, all of these top xxx lists are idiotic. The only thing you can really look at are NAPLEX pass rates. Everything else is subjective nonsense.
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That might be true around your area, but the ones Duquesne sent out west, it became a pretty standard joke (as well as Creighton) out here about "quality". They were the one of the two schools known by name (the other being Texas Southern) that even chain supervisors would not hire with a pulse and a license without work experience or other recommendation despite the acute shortage when I started. They've improved (mainly by other schools doing worse by comparison).

Absolutely, NAPLEX passage history the only criteria that matters that is tracked (I wish there were career longevity statistics for each of the schools).
 
lord999 said:
That might be true around your area, but the ones Duquesne sent out west, it became a pretty standard joke (as well as Creighton) out here about "quality". They were the one of the two schools known by name (the other being Texas Southern) that even chain supervisors would not hire with a pulse and a license without work experience or other recommendation despite the acute shortage when I started. They've improved (mainly by other schools doing worse by comparison).

Absolutely, NAPLEX passage history the only criteria that matters that is tracked (I wish there were career longevity statistics for each of the schools).
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All great points! I have often heard that TSU was kind of the red-haired step-child but was not aware that Duquesne and Creighton were cited for a lack of quality as well, I'm sorry to hear that! Your last point is great though. Measuring career longevity statistics for each of the schools would be a great way to benchmark!!
 
OU college of pharmacy made the list? The same school that can't even crack 90% pass rate on the naplex? You let me know when they overtake SWOSU, otherwise they're not deserving to be on that list.
 
Useless drivel.

"...a list of 25 of the top pharmacy colleges in the United States..." Why not the top 25? Do you see the nuance there?

No methodology. These could have been the first 25 schools to call the author back and offer quotes for the article. (It wouldn't surprise me. I've done marketing masquerading as journalism before. And a few schools on this list stick out like a sixth finger.)

Useless drivel.
 
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