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Pharmacist licence (PharmD)

Four years of doctoral study and six figures of debt for work that pays well and is one of the few on this site where almost everyone who finishes ends up earning.

$103,778–$195,108

Ihe ọ na-efu iji nweta - n'etiti nke n'etiti nke n'etiti.

Ụbọchị nke nkụzi, oge zuru ezu. Oge akụkụ na-ewe ogologo oge.

14–26

Ụbọchị nke ụgwọ n'ime ọnwa chọrọ ka kpuchie na ụgwọ. Ọ bụghị ọnwa ruo mgbe ị na-aga n'ihu n'ozuzu - oge nkuzi n'elu na-abịa mbụ.

Òtù: US Department of Education, College Scorecard, Field of Study data, 2026 · ngosi

Gịnị bụ ego nke ọnụọgụgụ ahụ, nakwa ihe ọ bụghị

The spread between the quarters is wider than for dentistry or medicine, which is a real finding about where you study rather than noise. That range is median cumulative FEDERAL LOAN DEBT at completion, not a tuition sticker price and not total cost. It is what completers actually borrowed, so it excludes grants, savings, family money, employer funding and living costs — which makes it a FLOOR on what the credential costs, never a ceiling. The low and high figures are the 25th and 75th percentiles across the institutions that report a figure for this programme, so a quarter of institutions sit below the low end. College Scorecard pools two award years into each figure; the release used here is dated 10 June 2026.

Four years of doctoral study, usually after two to four years of undergraduate prerequisites, then the NAPLEX and a state law examination.

Licences renew every one to two years by state with continuing education requirements.

Olee ndị mmadụ na-echekwa nke a, na olee ndị na-arụ ọrụ na mpaghara ebe ahụ

Agaghị ekwe omume ịnye otu a

Maka ụfọdụ nkwenye, ọbụna ọbụna onye na-eweta na-ebipụta ọnụọgụgụ na-ewere n'obi nke onye ọbụla na-echekwa ya, na ebe ọ na-eme anyị na-ebipụta ọnụọgụgụ ahụ n'akụkụ ọnụọgụgụ ndị ọrụ na ọrụ ahụ. Ọ dịghị ọnụọgụgụ dị ka nke a maka nke a anyị nwere ike ịhụ, ya mere ihuakwụkwọ a na-egosi ọbụla. Anyị na-achọ ịhapụ ebe ahụ na-egosipụta karịa ịnabata ya na nghọta - onye na-eweta ihe bụ ihe ọjọọ karịa onye na-ewepụ ihe, n'ihi na ọ gaghị ekwe omume ịlele ya.

The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy publishes a national count of licensed pharmacists, and it is behind a $395 paywall in its Survey of Pharmacy Law. A figure a reader cannot check is not a figure we will publish, so this page carries no credential-holder count. What it does carry, below, is the federal record of what happened to the people who completed the degree.

Gịnị ka e mere ndị mmadụ nke gwụchara nkuzi ahụ

Ụbọchị iri anọ mgbe e mechara - fíìlì maka kóòdù program, ọ bụghị maka ọrụ a naanị

_Nkebi 14,903 ndị ahụ mechara Pharmacy, first professional degree na-amụghị ihe ruo afọ anọ mgbe ahụ, 438 enweghị ego ọbụla n'ime ndekọ ahụ — 2.9%. Ndị na-arụ ọrụ na-enweta n'etiti nke $138,348, na n'etiti n'etiti $120,409 na $158,074.

"Ọ dịghị ego na-echekwa" abụghị "enweghị ọrụ". N'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na ọ bụ n'

Na ọbụna ọbụna apụtaghị na ọ bụ ọrụ a. Government Federal na-ebipụta usoroiheomume na-apụta na-

Ihe nke usoroiheomume ahụ na-ekpuchi: CIP 51.20 is pharmacy together with pharmaceutical sciences and pharmacy administration. The first-professional row is the PharmD, the route to licensure; the doctoral row is largely research doctorates in pharmaceutical science, which lead to laboratory and industry work rather than a pharmacy counter.

Onye bụ n'ime cohort: completers nke natara federal ụmụ akwụkwọ enyemaka - na-erughị n'elu nke US undergraduates, na ọzọ n'elu na-adịghị achọpụtara ebe a. Ndị mmadụ na-aga na-aga n'ihu ọmụmụ bụ na ọ bụla n'ime elu. The Department suppresses ụlọ ọrụ na cohorts obere n'ihi na-ebipụta na-agbakwunye statistical ụda na-agwụcha, ya mere nke a bụ a sum n'elu ụlọ ọrụ dị ukwuu nke ukwuu iji kọwaa: 80 nke ha, na-agbake 93.0% na-eweta n’ime ụlọ ọrụ ahụ. Ihupụta program ndị dị obere na-eziga ozi na-akpụga ọnụọgụgụ site na 0.0 %d%%

Òtù: US Department of Education, College Scorecard, Field of Study data, 2026 — release of 10 June 2026; measured four years after completion · ngosi · akara nke otu maka program ọbụla anyị nwere ike ịdebata

Ihe ọ na-enye gị ohere ime

Nkwụ ụgwọ bụ nke ọrụ, ọ bụghị nke ikike. Ha bụ ọrụ ọ na-eweta gị maka.

Ọrụ	Ọkachasị?	Median	Ejirila
Pharmacists	Legally required to hold the job	$140,910	321,970

Nkwụ ụgwọ na ọrụ: BLS Occupational Employment na Wage Statistics, Mee 2025.

Ọ na-akwụ ụgwọ maka onwe ya?

Ọrụ a na-emechi ọnụ ụzọ ahụ na-akwụ median nke $140,910. Ọrụ-n'ozuzu-n'ozuzu n'ime ọrụ ọ bụla anyị na-ebipụta bụ $50,020, ka ọbụna n'ihi na ọ bụ ihe dị ka $90,890 afọ tupu tax.

Gụọ nke ahụ dịka ngbanwe n'ihe dị n'ime ọrụ, ọ bụghị n'ihe dị n'ime ọrụ gị. Gịnị bụ baseline ahụ, nakwa ihe ọ na-ewepụ

Na ọ na-atụ anya na ị ga-enweta ọrụ ahụ. N'ụdị ọbụla nke nkwụghachi azụ na saịtị a bụ n'ihi na a na-ewere ya n'ọrụ. Ọ bụ n'ihi na a na-atụ anya na ndepụta nke onye na-echekwa n'elu nwere ike ịtụle, na ọ bụ n'ihi na a na-atụ anya na ọbụla ọzọ nkwụghachi saịtị na-eme ya n'ụzọ dị n'enweghị isi.

Ihe ịchọrọ tupú ịmalite

Undergraduate prerequisites, and at many schools a bachelor's degree
A place at an ACPE-accredited school of pharmacy
A pass in the NAPLEX and the state pharmacy law examination

Enweghị ike ime nke a ma ọ bụrụ na

you are counting on the retail job market of a decade ago — chain closures have reduced the number of community pharmacy posts and the competition for hospital and clinical roles is correspondingly harder
you cannot stand for a full shift, which most community pharmacy work requires

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