Enrollments in schools and colleges of pharmacy, 1988-1989

Enrollments in entry degree programs (BS and Entry PharmD) continued to grow in the 1988-89 academic year. Total entry degree enrollments were 28,891, an increase of 5.5 percent over the 1987-88 academic year. Baccalaureate enrollments increased by 4.0 percent to 24,768 while entry PharmD enrollments grew by 15.9 percent to 4,123. First year classes grew to 8,143, a 4.8 percent increase. Female enrollments reached 60.6 percent of the total. Enrollments of Black Americans in entry degree programs increased by 9.2 percent and Hispanic American enrollments grew by 2.5 percent. The enrollments of Native Americans in entry pharmacy programs grew by 69.6 percent from 4 to 78 students. Post BS PharmD enrollments increased by 19.6 percent. Twenty-eight percent of post-BS PharmD enrollments were in nontraditional PharmD programs. Enrollments in PhD programs increased by 8.6 percent over 1987-88. U.S. and foreign-trained pharmacists in PhD programs contributed 56.2 percent of the total with U.S.-trained pharmacists representing 29.1 percent of the enrollment.