Pharmacy Admissions

Applications for admission into the first professional year (P1) of the Doctor of Pharmacy program will be accepted from students who have completed or plan to complete the prerequisite coursework.

The minimum degree that is required to enter the first professional year of the Doctor of Pharmacy program is a high school diploma/equivalent, in addition to the prerequisite coursework. A bachelor’s degree is not required, but may be earned at ACPHS, alongside the PharmD. All prerequisites must be completed at the college/university level and credit awarded from those institutions (such as a dual enrollment course offered in the high school). AP and IB coursework is also allowable.

Applications must be submitted online through the Pharmacy College Application Service (PharmCAS) by the appropriate deadlines.

• July 10, 2025 – Application opens
• March 2, 2026 – Preferred deadline
• June 1, 2026 – Final deadline
• June 20, 2026 – Deadline for all application documents to be submitted to PharmCas

June 1, 2026, is the final deadline to submit your application for entry in the Fall 2026 semester. However, we do not recommend waiting until that time to submit your application.

The Pharmacy Admissions Committee will review applications on a rolling basis as they are submitted, and will invite qualified applicants to proceed to the next step in the process of attending an interview over Zoom. Applicants will then receive their final admissions decision within one to two weeks of the interview.

This application consists of:

• Biographical data
• Post-secondary institutions attended
• Academic course history
• Work experience
• Extracurricular activities
• Personal statement

Transcripts

Official transcripts from all accredited U.S. (including Puerto Rico) and Canadian colleges and universities attended must be submitted directly to PharmCAS. If sent to ACPHS, the transcripts will need to be requested again to be sent to PharmCAS.

If the applicant studied outside of the U.S. and Canada, a WES course-by-course evaluation must be sent directly to PharmCAS.

The applicant must also request the following via the evaluation section of the PharmCAS Application:

• Two letters of recommendation

Note: The Pharmacy College Admissions Test (PCAT) is no longer offered (the last offering was January 10, 2024) and is not required. If you previously took the PCAT and would like your scores to be considered, you may submit them to PharmCAS or ACPHS directly.

Required coursework and semester/quarter hours for entry into the first professional year (P1) of the Doctor of Pharmacy program are outlined below.

Prerequisites may be outstanding during the application process, provided there is an appropriate amount of time prior to matriculation for the prerequisites to be completed.

If prerequisites are outstanding at the time an acceptance is offered, the acceptance will be conditional until a final transcript showing completion of the prerequisite(s) is submitted.

Only grades of a C or better are permissible to fulfill a prerequisite. C- is below the minimum requirement, and would require remediation if it is a specific prerequisite. Please reach out to PharmacyAdmissions@acphs.edu if you have any questions.

• General Chemistry with lab – eight semester hours or twelve quarter hours
• General Biology with lab – eight semester hours or twelve quarter hours
• Biology (generally 200-level) – three semester hours or four quarter hours
• Organic Chemistry with lab – eight semester hours or twelve quarter hours
• Statistics – three semester hours or four quarter hours
• Calculus – three semester hours or four quarter hours
• Microbiology with lab (prerequisite for P2 Spring) – three semester hours or four quarter hours
• Physics with lab – three semester hours or four quarter hours
• Public Speaking or equivalent – three semester hours or four quarter hours
• Humanities – nine semester hours or thirteen quarter hours
• Social Science – three semester hours or four quarter hours
• General Electives (at least six of nine credits should be Liberal Arts) – nine semester hours or thirteen quarter hours

No credit will be accepted for grades lower than a “C”.

Physical education courses cannot be used to fulfill prerequisites.

1. Science courses should be those required of science majors and should include labs. Students who have completed prerequisite courses, including at least 63 total credits with at least 30 science credits, may defer taking microbiology with lab until after entering the P1 year of the Doctor of Pharmacy program. Microbiology with lab is a prerequisite for Immunology, which is currently scheduled for the P2 spring semester. Students may complete Microbiology lecture and lab at ACPHS, or at another accredited institution any time prior to that semester. Students must pass the course at ACPHS or earn a grade of C or better at another institution. Students should consult program directors to discuss scheduling options for the course.
2. Public Speaking may be fulfilled through any course with a significant public-speaking component as demonstrated by the course syllabus
3. Examples of Humanities are English literature, composition, U.S. history, Western civilization, foreign language, philosophy, and cross-disciplinary humanities courses
4. Examples of Social Sciences are psychology, anthropology, sociology and economics
5. Examples of Liberal Arts electives are art, music, sociology, history, psychology, anthropology, foreign language, political science, economics and English

Should a student wish to matriculate into the program, the first non-refundable enrollment deposit of $200 is due within three weeks of acceptance; the second payment of $200 is due on March 1st for early applicants, or June 1st for later applicants. ACPHS participates in the Cooperative Admissions Guidelines, so all applicants must be aware of the terms they are held to.

Upon placing the first enrollment deposit, students are considered to be matriculating. The onboarding process including receiving their ACPHS email address, being matched with a faculty advisor, and more begins immediately.

Students accepted into the Doctor of Pharmacy program are required to take all courses in the program at the College. This requirement may be waived for students with academic credit for biochemistry, molecular biology and/or immunology courses taken at other academic institutions.

The following must be met for waiver consideration:

• Academic credit must have been earned within the last five years at a regionally accredited institution;
• A grade of “C” or better was earned in the course; and
• The course was a 300 level (third year) course.

A course must meet all three minimum criteria to be considered; final approval is granted after review by ACPHS course faculty. Waiver of one, two or all three courses will not result in a decreased tuition rate. Requests for waiver should be directed to Katie Palmer, Director, Pharmacy Admissions.

Applicants who are not U.S. citizens, U.S. permanent residents or Canadian citizens and do not have at least four years of coursework in which English was the primary language of instruction are required to submit an English proficiency exam.

Options are:

• TOEFL: A minimum score on the TOEFL of 474 paper-based (70% of the maximum score of 677) or 84 Internet-based (70% of the maximum score of 120)
• Duolingo: A minimum score of 110
• IELTS: A minimum score of 6.5