NAPLEX First-Time Pass Rates

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

Comparison to National Pass Rates (2025)

Ranked 68^th out of 142 schools

In 2025, 88.6% 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 85.7%. For comparison, in the same year:

67 schools had a HIGHER pass rate

2 schools had the SAME pass rate

72 schools had a LOWER pass rate

Overall Historical Pass Rates (2019-2025)

WITHIN

WITHIN the Average ± SD

From 2019 to 2025, Virginia Commonwealth University at the Medical College of Virginia Campus School of Pharmacy averaged a first-time NAPLEX pass rate of 89.3%. This pass rate is WITHIN 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

2019

Top 10%

2019

2022

Raw Pass Rates by Year

Year	# Attempts	School Pass Rate	Nat'l Pass Rate	Rank
2019	127	97%	86.8% ± 9.7%	10^th of 136
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%	76.9% ± 11%	14^th of 143
2023	83	88%	75.5% ± 11.1%	18^th of 143
2024	93	77.4%	74.3% ± 13.7%	68^th of 142
2025	88	88.6%	85.7% ± 11.5%	68^th of 142
Mean ± SD	105 ± 16	89.3% ± 5.6%	80.9% ± 12.2%	33 ± 23