6 Year Doctorate of Pharmacy

jerseyshorejohnny

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Just saw these stats in a new St. John's publication:


6 year Doctorate of Pharmacy is the most popular major with 1,640 students.

The program is also the most exclusive with an avergare SAT score of 2100.


As an aside, the undergrad student population "now" numbers some 15,840 students (Fall 2012).
 
Just saw these stats in a new St. John's publication:


6 year Doctorate of Pharmacy is the most popular major with 1,640 students.

The program is also the most exclusive with an avergare SAT score of 2100.


As an aside, the undergrad student population "now" numbers some 15,840 students (Fall 2012).

In a down economy, a starting salary of $100K + is what attracts students. As has been mentioned by pharmacists, that's pretty much the ending salary too. Hard ot justify a 6 year PharmD to work at CVS though. CVS can justify the salary which isn't very high as professionals go, plus they sell greeting cards, seasonal merchandise, and all sorts of crap, drawing people in for the pharmacy department and then making them wait 20 minutes as they shopa round the store.
 
Just saw these stats in a new St. John's publication:


6 year Doctorate of Pharmacy is the most popular major with 1,640 students.

The program is also the most exclusive with an avergare SAT score of 2100.


As an aside, the undergrad student population "now" numbers some 15,840 students (Fall 2012).

In a down economy, a starting salary of $100K + is what attracts students. As has been mentioned by pharmacists, that's pretty much the ending salary too. Hard ot justify a 6 year PharmD to work at CVS though. CVS can justify the salary which isn't very high as professionals go, plus they sell greeting cards, seasonal merchandise, and all sorts of crap, drawing people in for the pharmacy department and then making them wait 20 minutes as they shopa round the store.



Going back 5-7 years, there was indeed a shortage of pharmacists in the US. Sign-on bonuses, luring graduates to places like North Carolina and Florida were common. Graduates were being offered $100k by the chains. What has happened in the last few years is that more and more students have graduated with their PharmD's creating the situation we have today, which is an abundance of pharmacists. Salaries have fallen and jobs are getting scarce. The chains are now hiring pharmacists to work only 29 hours/week, enabling them to eliminate paying some benefits, and the chains have also been utilizing pharmacy techs at a fraction of a pharmacists salary. We also have less independent pharmacies to offer positions. The independents have been forced to sell out to the chains or put the keys in the door and just walk away. Managed care has hurt the independent pharmacies more than any other health field, having their prices mandated by insurance companies and force most to mail order pharmacies as well, which are mandated by many insurance companies. The picture is not all that bright for pharmacists with all of the graduates entering the workplace in the next few years.
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