NAPLEX First-Time Pass Rates

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy

Comparison to National Pass Rates (2023)

Ranked 10^th out of 144 schools

In 2023, 92.1% of students from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy passed the NAPLEX on the first attempt compared to a national rate of 77.5%. For comparison, in the same year:

9 schools had a HIGHER pass rate

0 schools had the SAME pass rate

134 schools had a LOWER pass rate

Overall Historical Pass Rates (2017-2023)

WITHIN

WITHIN the Average ± SD

From 2017 to 2023, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy averaged a first-time NAPLEX pass rate of 88.6%. 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

Top 10%

2023

Raw Pass Rates by Year

Year	# Attempts	School Pass Rate	Nat'l Pass Rate	Rank
2017	177	94.4%	87.9% ± 8.1%	29^th of 130
2018	170	90%	89.1% ± 7.8%	72^nd of 134
2019	190	89%	86.8% ± 9.7%	69^th of 137
2020	186	83%	85.8% ± 10.3%	96^th of 140
2021	170	86.5%	81.3% ± 10.2%	51^st of 143
2022	161	85.1%	77.1% ± 10.9%	37^th of 144
2023	140	92.1%	77.5% ± 10.7%	10^th of 144
Mean ± SD	171 ± 16	88.6% ± 3.7%	83.5% ± 10.8%	52 ± 27