NAPLEX First-Time Pass Rates

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Eshelman School of Pharmacy

Comparison to National Pass Rates (2025)

Ranked 16^th out of 142 schools

In 2025, 95.4% of students from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Eshelman School of Pharmacy passed the NAPLEX on the first attempt compared to a national rate of 85.7%. For comparison, in the same year:

15 schools had a HIGHER pass rate

0 schools had the SAME pass rate

126 schools had a LOWER pass rate

Overall Historical Pass Rates (2019-2025)

ABOVE

ABOVE the Average ± SD

From 2019 to 2025, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Eshelman School of Pharmacy averaged a first-time NAPLEX pass rate of 94%. This pass rate is ABOVE the mean (±SD) of the average national pass rate for the same time period (80.9% ± 12.2%).

BELOW	WITHIN	ABOVE
<68.7%	68.7% to 93%	>93%

Key Distinctions

≥95% Pass

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Raw Pass Rates by Year

Year	# Attempts	School Pass Rate	Nat'l Pass Rate	Rank
2019	129	92%	86.8% ± 9.7%	43^rd of 137
2020	134	98%	85.8% ± 10.3%	3^rd of 140
2021	138	96.4%	81.3% ± 10.2%	4^th of 143
2022	127	92.9%	76.9% ± 11%	7^th of 143
2023	143	91.6%	75.5% ± 11.1%	8^th of 143
2024	112	92%	74.3% ± 13.7%	9^th of 142
2025	130	95.4%	85.7% ± 11.5%	16^th of 142
Mean ± SD	130 ± 9	94% ± 2.4%	80.9% ± 12.2%	13 ± 13