NAPLEX First-Time Pass Rates

Northeastern University Bouvé College of Health Sciences School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Comparison to National Pass Rates (2023)

Ranked 6^th out of 144 schools

In 2023, 93.8% of students from Northeastern University Bouvé College of Health Sciences School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences passed the NAPLEX on the first attempt compared to a national rate of 77.5%. For comparison, in the same year:

5 schools had a HIGHER pass rate

1 school had the SAME pass rate

137 schools had a LOWER pass rate

Overall Historical Pass Rates (2017-2023)

WITHIN

WITHIN the Average ± SD

From 2017 to 2023, Northeastern University Bouvé College of Health Sciences School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences averaged a first-time NAPLEX pass rate of 92.2%. This pass rate is WITHIN the mean (±SD) of the average national pass rate for the same time period (83.5% ± 10.8%).

BELOW	WITHIN	ABOVE
<72.7%	72.7% to 94.3%	>94.3%

Key Distinctions

≥95% Pass

2018

2020

Top 10%

2020

2021

2023

Raw Pass Rates by Year

Year	# Attempts	School Pass Rate	Nat'l Pass Rate	Rank
2017	93	93.6%	87.9% ± 8.1%	36^th of 130
2018	125	96%	89.1% ± 7.8%	28^th of 134
2019	112	88%	86.8% ± 9.7%	74^th of 137
2020	120	97%	85.8% ± 10.3%	8^th of 140
2021	92	94.6%	81.3% ± 10.2%	8^th of 143
2022	102	82.4%	77.1% ± 10.9%	49^th of 144
2023	65	93.8%	77.5% ± 10.7%	6^th of 144
Mean ± SD	101 ± 19	92.2% ± 4.8%	83.5% ± 10.8%	30 ± 24