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Facts & Student Outcomes

NAPLEX pass rates

WSU Pharmacy first-time test takers North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination (NAPLEX) pass rates

First-Time Pass Rates		Washington State University	National (all first-time attempts)
Class of 2015	Pass Rate	94%	93%
Class of 2015	First-time Attempts	79	13786
Class of 2016	Pass Rate	83%	86%
Class of 2016	First-time Attempts	112	14190
Class of 2017	Pass Rate	85%	88%
Class of 2017	First-time Attempts	92	14087
Class of 2018	Pass Rate	91%	89%
Class of 2018	First-time Attempts	123	14103

The NAPLEX measures a candidate’s knowledge of the practice of pharmacy. Click here to read more. Data Source.
* Effective 11/1/2015 the test blueprint changed. Click here to read more (page 15).

MPJE pass rates

WSU Pharmacy first-time test takers Multistate Pharmacy Jurisprudence Examination (MPJE) pass rates

First-Time Pass Rates		Washington State University	National (all first-time attempts in home state)
Class of 2015	Pass Rate	92%	94%
Class of 2015	First-time Attempts	64	8474
Class of 2016	Pass Rate	83%	85%
Class of 2016	First-time Attempts	86	8688
Class of 2017	Pass Rate	86%	85%
Class of 2017	First-time Attempts	69	8864
Class of 2018	Pass Rate	74%	84%
Class of 2018	First-time Attempts	91	8705

*WA state MPJE
The MPJE combines federal and state specific questions to test the pharmacy jurisprudence knowledge of prospective pharmacists. Click here to read more. Data Source.

Post-graduation placement (employment or residency)

Representing class of	Placement rate
2014, N=85 as of April 2014	69%
2015, N=82 as of May 2015	85%
2016, N=117 as of May 2016	77%
2017, N=92 as of May 2017	67%
2018, N=128 as of May 2018	55%
2019, N=145 as of May 2019	57%^ ^Does not include 11% (16/145) with offers or in negotiation with an employer.

Post-graduation plans

Post-graduation plans	Class of 2014	Class of 2015	Class of 2016	Class of 2017	Class of 2018	Class of 2019
Residencies and Fellowships*
Washington	12	13	16	13	21	24
Other States	10	4	9	6	11	18
Community Pharmacy
Chain	27	41	52	32	27	27
Independent	6	5	5	6	4	7
Ambulatory/Clinic Pharmacy	0	1	2	0	4	3
Hospital	2	1	0	1	1	4
Pharmaceutical Industry	0	0	0	0	1	0
Long-term Care	0	0	1	0	0	0
Other	2	5	2	1	1	0
Position type unreported	0	0	-	NA	0	0
Students in negotiation	-	-	64	14	15	16
TOTAL	59 as of April 30, 2014	70 as of May 2015	64 as of May 2016	73 as of May 2017	84 as of May 2018	99 as of May 2019

* Class of 2015: Approximately 38% of our graduates went on to a fellowship or residency. This represents 52% (16/31) of those graduates who sought them.
Class of 2016: Approximately 22% of our graduates went on to a fellowship or residency. This represents 49% (23/47) of those graduates who sought them.
Class of 2017: Approximately 21% of our graduates went on to a fellowship or residency. This represents 50% (19/38) of those graduates who sought them.
Class of 2018: Approximately 23% of our graduates went on to a fellowship or residency. This represents 48% (29/61) of those graduates who sought them.
Class of 2019: Approximately 30% of our graduates went on to a fellowship or residency. This represents 51% (42/82) of those graduates who sought them.

Graduating student statistics

Class of	# Total Matriculated	% Total Attrition	% Withdrawals	% Academic Dismissals	% On-time Graduation
2013	93	3.2	1.1	0.0	97.8
2014	93	12.9	1.1	1.1	89.2
2015	83	9.6	2.4	0.0	92.8
2016	123	10.6	2.4	0.8	92.7
2017	85	2.4	1.2	0.0	98.8
2018	132	5.3	1.5	0.8	97
2019	152	4.6	2.0	0.0	97.4

Pharmacy Curriculum Outcomes Assessment

The Pharmacy Curriculum Outcomes Assessment exam is an independent, objective, external measure of student performance in US pharmacy curricula. The 225-question assessment is composed of four content areas, as follows:

Basic biomedical sciences (10% of the assessment)
Pharmaceutical sciences (33% of the assessment)
Social, behavioral, and administrative sciences (22% of the assessment)
Clinical sciences (35% of the assessment)

Average Scaled Score for PY3s		Washington State University	National (# of test takers in same testing window)
Class of 2017	Average Scaled Score	349	358
Class of 2017	Test Takers	92	6172
Class of 2018	Average Scaled Score	356	354
Class of 2018	Test Takers	130	6516
Class of 2019	Average Scaled Score	345	352
Class of 2019	Test Takers	148	7821
Class of 2020	Average Scaled Score	325	348
Class of 2020	Test Takers	163	unreported

Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE)

Fourth-year pharmacy students are assigned a geographic zone for their last year of pharmacy school to complete a set of Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences. Below is a summary of the number of students by cohort assigned to each zone. Read more about our APPE rotations.

Sites	Class of 2014	Class of 2015	Class of 2016	Class of 2017	Class of 2018	Class of 2019
Total	87	83	114	92	132	149
N. Everett						4
Eureka (California)						3
Olympia	0	2	13	11	15	10
Pullman	3	3	6	3	5	5
Spokane	56	50	56	45	56	60
Tacoma	10	8	10	7	18	20
Tri-Cities	3	3	7	3	7	8
Vancouver	3	0	0	3	5	4
Wenatchee	0	2	1	0	3	5
Yakima	14	15	21	20	23	30

n = numbers of students

Class profiles

Class of 2022

Number of students: 171
136 in Spokane, 35 in Yakima
Incoming student average age: 24.5
Incoming student average GPA: 3.24
108 female, 63 male
103 students from Washington state
23 students from California
Other states represented: Alaska, Arizona, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Montana, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Texas, and Wisconsin.

Class of 2021

Number of students: 176
144 in Spokane, 32 in Yakima
Incoming student average age: 25
Incoming student average GPA: 3.2
93 female, 83 male
107 students from Washington state
33 students from California
Other states represented: Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Massachusetts, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, and Utah

Class of 2020

Number of students: 167
130 in Spokane, 37 in Yakima
Incoming student average age: 24
Incoming student average GPA: 3.3
109 female, 58 male
121 students from Washington State
18 students from California
Other states represented: Hawaii, Oregon, Colorado, Arizona, Florida, Idaho, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Texas

Class of 2019

Number of students: 152
122 in Spokane, 30 in Yakima
Incoming student average age: 23
Incoming student average GPA: 3.3
89 female, 63 male
114 students from Washington state
14 students from California
Other states represented: Idaho, Oregon, Nevada, Hawaii, Minnesota, Arizona, Colorado, Indiana, Missouri, and Montana

Class of 2018

Number of students: 131
Incoming student average age: 24
Incoming student average GPA: 3.3
65 female, 66 male
96 students from Washington state
7 students from California
7 students from Arizona
Other states represented: Hawaii, Alaska, Florida, Oregon, Utah, Virginia, Colorado, Georgia, Delaware, Nebraska, Montana, Illinois, and Nevada

Class of 2017

Number of students: 84
Incoming student average age: 23
Incoming student average GPA: 3.3
43 female, 41 male
63 students from Washington state
4 students from Arizona
Other states represented are: California, Colorado, Hawaii, Louisiana, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Utah