Overview

School of Pharmacy / School of Pharmacy is located in Pittsburgh, PA, in an urban setting.

Departments & Programs

Graduate Programs in Pharmaceutical Sciences

Master of Pharmacy Business Administration

Professional Program in Pharmacy

Degrees & Awards

Degrees Offered

Degree	Concentration	Sub-concentration
Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm D)	Pharmacy business administration
Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm D)	Community leadership, innovation, and practice
Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm D)	Pharmacoanalytics
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	Pharmaceutical sciences
Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm D)	Research
Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm D)	Geriatrics and pallaiative care
Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm D)	Pediatrics
Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm D)	Pharmacotherapy scholars
Master of Pharmacy (M Pharm)	Pharmacy business administration
Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm D)	Global health
Master of Science (MS)	Pharmaceutical sciences (non-thesis)
Master of Science in Pharmaceutical Science (MSPS)	Pharmaceutical sciences

Degrees Awarded

Degree	Number Awarded
Master's Degrees	16
Doctoral Degrees	127

Earning Your Degree

Part-time study available?
Evening/weekend programs available?
Distance learning programs available?	No
Terminal master's degree available?

Degree Requirements

Degree	Requirement
Master's Degrees	Entrance Exam 80(MPBA); 100(MS/PhD) 6.5(MPBA); 7.5(MS/PhD) Comp Exam Required for some Thesis Required for some 30-34 credits
Doctoral Degrees	Entrance Exam Pharmacy College Admission Test (PCAT) for Doctor of Pharmacy Comp Exam Required for some Thesis Required for some 72 credits (PhD); 134.5 (PharmD)

Admissions

Acceptance Rate

549

Applied

231

Accepted

154

Enrolled

Applying

Yes

Electronic
applications accepted?

Yes

Applications processed
on a rolling basis?

Entrance Requirements

Exam	Details
Master's Degree Exam	80(MPBA); 100(MS/PhD) 6.5(MPBA); 7.5(MS/PhD)
Master's Degree Requirements	Bachelor's degree
Doctoral Degree Exam	Pharmacy College Admission Test (PCAT) for Doctor of Pharmacy
Doctoral Degree Requirements	Research Bachelor's Degree Adequate GPA Letters of Reference
Additional Entrance Requirements	For MS: three letters of reference. At least two from faculty

Tuition & Fees

Financial Support

Types of financial support available	Research Assistantships Teaching Assistantships Health Care Benefits Scholarship and/or loans Graduate Assistantships

Student Body

545

Total Graduate Students

11%

International Breakout (representing other countries)

Race/Ethnicity

Hispanic/Latino	1.83%
Black or African American	3.3%
White or Caucasian	57%
American Indian or Alaska Native	0.55%
Asian	19.82%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0.37%
Two or more races	3.12%
Unknown	1.28%

Gender

Male (35%)

Female (64%)

Faculty

326

Total faculty

Full-time - 130

Part-time - 196

Male (161)

Female (165)

Research

Focus of faculty research:	Outcomes and policy research Pharmacokinetics and various disease states Pharmacogenomics System pharmacology HIV and virus prevention
Externally sponsored research expenditures last year:	33,668,073

Location & Contact

Address 3501 Terrace Street
229 Salk Hall
Pittsburgh, PA  15261
United States

Contact Patricia D Kroboth
Dean
Email: Pkroboth@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-6242400

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