best undergrad pharamcy schools

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<p>is there a ranking of sorts out there? does anyone have insight on this?</p>

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<p>I think Pharm is now a six year type program</p>

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<p>long island university, 5 year program i think</p>

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<p>I had a chance to check and to work as a Pharmacist you need the full six year--two ug, 4 Pharm program in most cases. UW has a BS Pharmacology degree but I don't know what that is used for.</p>

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<p>rutgers pharmacy is probably one of the most well-known out there. nj is home to many pharmeceutical companies such as johnson and johnson.</p>

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<p>I don't know what you mean by "Undergrad pharmacy school." The way most people go to Pharmacy School (which is graduate- Doctor of Pharmacy) is to do 4 years at undergraduate institution, majoring in things like Chemistry, Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Pharmacology and so on then apply to a graduate pharmacy school. Pharmacy schools, where one obtains a PharmD have prerequisites that they make you meet. Yeah you can do 2 years at JC and try and finish the prereq's that way, because you aren't required to have a degree to marticulate, however I think something like 98% of applicants expect to have a Bachelor degree by marticulation now. I know there are a few pharmacy schools (there are 98 total in the US) who have 6 year programs where you go right out of high school into a pharmacy program and do sort of a combined BS then transition to pharmD. I don't know too much about those though.</p>

<p>So anyway, what I think you may be asking is, what are the best undergrad schools to take pharmacy school pre-req's at. Is that right? If so, any school that is respected in the Biological and Physical sciences, but I don't really think it matters too much.</p>

<p>Like I said, if you're looking to become a pharmacist, the way to go is get a bachelors of science (4 years) then apply to pharmacy schools for you pharmD (another 4 years).</p>

<p>Here are the most recent top 25 rankings of Pharmacy Schools from USN&W... </p>

<ol>
<li>University of California–San Francisco 4.6</li>
<li>University of Texas–Austin 4.4</li>
<li>University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill 4.2</li>
<li>Purdue University (IN) 4.1
University of Arizona 4.1
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor 4.1
University of Minnesota–Twin Cities 4.1</li>
<li>University of Illinois–Chicago 4.0
University of Kentucky 4.0
University of Maryland–Baltimore 4.0</li>
<li>Ohio State University 3.9
University of Florida 3.9
University of Wisconsin–Madison 3.9</li>
<li>University of Southern California 3.8
University of Utah 3.8
University of Washington 3.8</li>
<li>University at Buffalo–SUNY 3.7
University of Iowa 3.7
University of Kansas 3.7
University of Tennessee–Memphis 3.7</li>
<li>Virginia Commonwealth University 3.6</li>
<li>University of Georgia 3.5</li>
<li>U. of Colorado–Denver and Health Sciences Center 3.4
University of Pittsburgh 3.4</li>
</ol>

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<p>i was thinkin of UOP: University of the Pacific
they haf a 5 yr program
a 6 yr program
n a 7 yr program</p>