What Pharmacy Schools are in California?
The eight pharmacy schools of California have made a name for themselves mostly because California has the most pharmacy schools over any other state. Whether this is due to the large population of the state or simply because many pharmacy programs started out in the state, it is clear that students of California pharmacy schools pride themselves on their acceptance to the school. Ohio is surprisingly the state with the second highest number of pharmacy schools (six), although California is still known for its research and ability to attract students from around the world.
Ranging from the University of California to the new Touro University School of Pharmacy, it is clear that California is ever expanding in the pharmaceutical industry. The eight pharmacy schools are as follows:
• University of California School of Pharmacy
• University of the Pacific School of Pharmacy
• University of Southern California
• Western University of Health Sciences
• California Northstate College of Pharmacy
• Touro University School of Pharmacy
• Loma Linda University and the School of Pharmacy
• University of California in San Diego – the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Touro University School of Pharmacy, California Northstate, and Loma Linda are the three newest pharmacy programs in the state and have exhibited the understanding that California nearly runs the pharmacy school industry in the country. California Northstate College of Pharmacy emphasizes active learning, patient care, and research within their mission statement, and as a new pharmacy school, they have set about to expand the pharmaceutical industry through the amount of research in their program. Setting a goal to advance the science of pharmacy, this school has already attracted a wide entering class and offers many opportunities within the pharmaceutical industry.
Touro University has a similar mission statement, as they strive to serve society through the programs in its pharmacy school as well as prepare its students for a future in the health care industry. This pharmacy school prides itself on the small size of classes, especially compared with the large lecture-like classes of larger California schools. Because Touro is a new school, it is still in the process of expanding its programs, and its student population will undoubtedly grow within the next few years, although its still in the beginning years of the program.
Loma Linda is a little bit older than the other two schools, and had its first introductory class in 2002 although in an entirely different setting than most other pharmacy programs in California. Loma Linda prides itself on educating its students in a 7th day advent Christian schedule, thereby allowing students of the like religious minds to come together in pharmacy school. This program is four years as well although is the first such program to offer the degree in an Adventist setting.
Regardless of whether you go with the older public schools throughout California, or try out one of the newer schools, chances are that as an incoming pharmacy school student, you will receive an exemplary education in the state of California.
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