New Pharmacy Schools and Accreditation Status For 2009, 2010, 2011
By David E. Thompson

New Pharmacy schools are opening its doors at a very quick rate all across the United States. These schools may be a great option if your grades are below average, but there are some negative aspects of attending a brand new pharmacy school. First off, none of your loans will be subsidized by the government. What does this mean? For accredited pharmacy schools, students are given a decent amount of their loans as a subsidized Stafford loan, which does not accrues interest until after you graduate. If you attend a new pharmacy school, all of your loans will be accrue interest from day 1; this could add up to several thousand dollars more of loans to pay off after earning your Pharm.D.

Also, the new pharmacy school may never receive accreditation. A few years ago, Hawaii College of Pharmacy (HICP) had collected tuition and ran their Pharm.D. program until it closed its doors leaving its students stranded without a degree. The state of Hawaii Department of Consumer Protection closed the school down for not following the appropriate guidelines as a non-accredited school. Make sure you do your research before committing your time and money into a new Doctor of Pharmacy program.

Recently opened pharmacy schools and their accreditation status:

Belmont TN -------------------------------Pre-Candidate Calilfornia Northstate CA -------------------Pre-Candidate Charleston WV---------------------------- Candidate Chicago State IL --------------------------Pre-Candidate East Tennessee State TN ------------------Candidate Findlay OH --------------------------------Candidate Harding, University of AR -------------------Pre-Candidate Hawaii at Hilo HI ---------------------------Candidate Incarnate Word TX ------------------------Candidate Lipscomb TN ------------------------------Pre-Candidate NEOUCOP OH ------------------------------Candidate Pacific U. (OR) OR -------------------------Candidate Southern Illinois Edwardsville IL -------------Candidate Sullivan *** KY ----------------------------PreCandidate Texas A&M - Kingsville TX -------------------Candidate Thomas Jefferson *** PA------------------- Pre-Candidate Touro (CA) CA -----------------------------Candidate Touro (NY) NY -----------------------------Pre-Candidate Union TN ----------------------------------Pre-Candidate

Here are a list of schools that may open in the near future:

Possible schools for 2011 Central California SOP- private stand-alone no university affiliation Samual Merrit (#10 in CA) St. Joseph College, CT Roosevelt University, Chicago Univerity of NC Greensboro

Possible schools opening 2010 The University of Maryland Eastern Shores Drexel Farleigh Dickinson D' Youville College Concordia-Wisconsin-projects a class size of 300. Presbyterian College-NC University of South Florida Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Schools opening 2009 Husson University New England, University of ME Notre Dame of Maryland Regis University

ACPE has detailed accreditation status of all Pharmacy Schools in the United States. I am a Pharmacy School Student at the University of Southern California. My friend and I have created PharmApplicants.com which is a free pharmacy school applicant database, which lists profiles of accepted students at all pharmacy schools in the United States. You can take a look at school average GPA and average PCAT scores on this Pharmacy Schools list. There are also other articles as well as GPA calculators that you will find useful on your quest to being admitted into pharmacy school!

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