NAPLEX First-Time Pass Rates

Virginia Commonwealth University at the Medical College of Virginia Campus School of Pharmacy

Comparison to National Pass Rates (2023)

Ranked 23^rd out of 144 schools

In 2023, 87.7% of students from Virginia Commonwealth University at the Medical College of Virginia Campus School of Pharmacy passed the NAPLEX on the first attempt compared to a national rate of 77.5%. For comparison, in the same year:

22 schools had a HIGHER pass rate

0 schools had the SAME pass rate

121 schools had a LOWER pass rate

Overall Historical Pass Rates (2017-2023)

WITHIN

WITHIN the Average ± SD

From 2017 to 2023, Virginia Commonwealth University at the Medical College of Virginia Campus School of Pharmacy averaged a first-time NAPLEX pass rate of 93.3%. 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

2017

2018

2019

Top 10%

2018

2019

2022

Raw Pass Rates by Year

Year	# Attempts	School Pass Rate	Nat'l Pass Rate	Rank
2017	128	96.1%	87.9% ± 8.1%	17^th of 130
2018	129	98.4%	89.1% ± 7.8%	8^th of 134
2019	127	97%	86.8% ± 9.7%	10^th of 137
2020	121	93%	85.8% ± 10.3%	30^th of 140
2021	113	90.3%	81.3% ± 10.2%	25^th of 143
2022	109	90.8%	77.1% ± 10.9%	14^th of 144
2023	81	87.7%	77.5% ± 10.7%	23^rd of 144
Mean ± SD	115 ± 16	93.3% ± 3.7%	83.5% ± 10.8%	18 ± 8