Ubufakazi
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.
Yini izindleko ukuthola — ingxenye ephakathi kwesigaba.
Inyanga yoqeqesho, isikhathi esigcwele. Isikhathi esincane sithatha isikhathi eside.
Amasonto emali edingekayo ukukhokhela le zindleko. Akufanele kube amasonto kuze kube udlule phambili ngazo zonke — isikhathi soqeqesho esiphezulu siqala kuqala.
Umsuka: US Department of Education, College Scorecard, Field of Study data, 2026 · isithombe
Yini lenani lemali, nokuthi yini engasekho
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.
Ingabe abantu abaningi bagcina lokhu, futhi bangaki abasebenza kule ndawo
Ngakhoni ukudala i-URL
Kumanye amagunya, ilungu elikhiphayo lishicilela inani elithembekile lalabo bonke abaphethe, futhi lapho likwenza khona sishicilela inani elifana nalo eduze nenani labantu abasebenza umsebenzi. Akukho inani elinjalo elikhona kulolu hlelo esikwaziyo ukuliqinisekisela, ngakho ikhasi libonisa ukuthi alikho. Sizoshiya isikhala esibonakalayo ngaphezu kokugcwalisa ngesilinganiso - umlinganisi okhishwe ungcono kunalowo ongekho, ngoba awukwazi ukubhekwa.
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.
Yini ekwenzeke kubantu abaqedile ukuqeqeshwa
Iminyaka emihlanu ngemuva kokuqedwa — isithombe sekhodi yephrojekthi, hhayi le misebenzi kuphela
noma 14,903 abantu abaqedile Pharmacy, first professional degree futhi bebengafundanga iminyaka emine ngemuva kwalokho, 438 ayikho imali engenayo ebhalwe phansi — 2.9%. Abasebenza bathola umphakathi we-R1 100 000 $138,348, ngengxenye ephakathi phakathi $120,409 futhi $158,074.
“Akukho inzuzo ebhalwe phansi” akuyona “imisebenzi engasebenzi”. Umbiko we-2015 we-National Statistics Office (NSO) ukhombisa ukuthi i-10% yabasebenzi base-Afrika abasebenza ezweni lonke basebenza ngaphansi kwe-10% yemali ekhokhwa yi-NHS. Umbiko ubonisa ukuthi i-NHS ikhokhela i-10% yabasebenzi base-Afrika abasebenza ngaphansi kwe-10% yemali ekhokhwa yi-NHS. Umbiko ukhombisa ukuthi i-NHS ikhokhela i-10% yabasebenzi base-Afrika abasebenza ngaphansi kwe-10% yemali ekhokhwa yi-NHS. Umbiko ubonisa ukuthi i-NHS ikhokhela i-10% yabasebenzi base-Afrika abasebenza ngaphansi kwe-10% yemali ekhokhwa yi-NHS.
Le nombolo ayifani nemisebenzi enjalo. I-Federal government ishicilela izimpendulo zezinhlelo ezingenalutho, futhi lezi zinhlelo zihlanganisa ikhodi labo nabanye. Ngakho-ke, isithombe sichaza wonke umuntu oqedile noma yini ngaphansi kwalo khodi kulo mqondo, hhayi abantu abahamba phambili ukwenza le misebenzi kuphela.
Igama lephrojekthi: 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.
Obani abakhona: completers abatholayo usizo lokufunda i-federal - cishe ingxenye yabafundi base-US, futhi enye ingxenye ayilinganisiwe lapha. Abantu abaye bafunda kabanzi bakhona emkhakheni othile. I-Isikhungo sicindezela izinhlangano ezinezinhlaka ezincane kakhulu zokushicilela futhi singeza umsindo we-statistics eqenjini, ngakho lokhu kuyinani elingaphezulu kwezinhlangano ezikhulu ngokwanele ukukhombisa: 80 100% 93.0% i-10% yemali ekhokhwa yi-IFP ezweni lonke Ukususa ama-program ancane kakhulu olwazisa ahamba nezinga 0.0 amaphuzu
Umsuka: US Department of Education, College Scorecard, Field of Study data, 2026 — release of 10 June 2026; measured four years after completion · isithombe · isithombe esifanayo sohlelo ngalunye esikwazi ukushicilela
Izinto ezikuvumela ukuthi ukwenze
Imali ihlobene nemisebenzi, hhayi negunya. Lawa msebenzi akusho ukuthi ufanele usebenze.
| Imisebenzi | Ingabe kudingeka? | I-median | Abasebenza |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pharmacists | Legally required to hold the job | $140,910 | 321,970 |
Imali ephakathi nemisebenzi: I-BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.
Ingabe ikhokhela ngokwayo?
Umsebenzi ovula lokhu ukhokha umphakathi we $140,910. I-median elinganiselwe ngomsebenzi esuka kuwo wonke umsebenzi esiwushicilelayo $50,020, ngakho ipremiyamu yokuphatha lokhu kukhulunywa $90,890 unyaka ngaphambi kwezimali.
Funda lokhu njengelinganiso kumsebenzi ojwayelekile, hhayi kumsebenzi wakho. Yini le sisekelo, nokuthi yini eshiya ngaphandle
futhi icabanga ukuthi uthola umsebenzi. Wonke umbhalo wokukhokha emuva kule sayithi uhambisana nokusebenza. Lokhu kuyisinqumo sokuba umsebenzisi ogunyaziwe uthola ubalo phezulu ukhona ukubheka, futhi kuyisinqumo sokuba wonke amanye amasayithi okukhokha akwenza ngokucophelela.
Odingayo ngaphambi kokuqala
- 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
Ungayenzi lokhu uma
- 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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