American Conference Of Pharmaceutical Faculties Research Articles

Trends in the Numbers of US Colleges of Pharmacy and Their Graduates, 1900 to 2014

Objective. To describe the cumulative and contemporary numbers of colleges and schools of pharmacy between 1900 and 2014 based on membership in the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy or its predecessor, the American Conference of Pharmaceutical Faculties, as well as the mean number of graduates among member schools each year. Methods. A review of published literature for numbers of schools and graduates was conducted and descriptive statistics were calculated. Results. The cumulative number of schools rose from 21 to 152 between those years. The peak contemporary number was 130 in 2014. Including satellite campuses with parallel curricula brings the contemporary total to 172. The smallest number of graduates per member school per year occurred in 1945 and 1946, with peaks in 1951, 1977, and 2013 (∼110 per school per year in the latter two peaks). Conclusions. The number of US pharmacy schools progressively rose between 1900 and 2014, with the fastest rate of growth occurring in 2014. The mean number of graduates per school per year rose or fell with influences such as the Great Depression, World War II, and the GI Bill.

The American Conference of Pharmaceutical Faculties, 1900-1925

The American Conference of Pharmaceutical Faculties, 1900-1925

The department of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. Address of the president of the American conference of pharmaceutical faculties

The department of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. Address of the president of the American conference of pharmaceutical faculties

The Department of the American Conference of Pharmaceutical Faculties

The Department of the American Conference of Pharmaceutical Faculties

The Department of the American Conference of Pharmaceutical Faculties. The Development of a course in “Commercial Pharmacy.”

The Department of the American Conference of Pharmaceutical Faculties. The Development of a course in “Commercial Pharmacy.”

The Department of the American Conference of Pharmaceutical Faculties

The Department of the American Conference of Pharmaceutical Faculties

The Department of the American Conference of Pharmaceutical Faculties

The Department of the American Conference of Pharmaceutical Faculties

Examinations and the fundamentals

Examinations and the fundamentals

The department of the American conference of pharmaceutical faculties. In the period of transition

The department of the American conference of pharmaceutical faculties. In the period of transition

The department of the American conference of pharmaceutical faculties. And what is culture?

The department of the American conference of pharmaceutical faculties. And what is culture?

The department of the American conference of pharmaceutical faculties. It is all in the day's work

The department of the American conference of pharmaceutical faculties. It is all in the day's work

American conference of pharmaceutical faculties. Summary of the proceedings of the 1924 meeting

American conference of pharmaceutical faculties. Summary of the proceedings of the 1924 meeting

The department of the American conference of pharmaceutical faculties: Address of the president of the American conference of pharmaceutical faculties

The department of the American conference of pharmaceutical faculties: Address of the president of the American conference of pharmaceutical faculties

The department of the American Conference of Pharmaceutical Faculties. Tentative program for the twenty-fifth annual meeting of the American Conference of Pharmaceutical Faculties to be held at Buffalo. N.Y. Hotel Statler, August 25–26, 1924

The department of the American Conference of Pharmaceutical Faculties. Tentative program for the twenty-fifth annual meeting of the American Conference of Pharmaceutical Faculties to be held at Buffalo. N.Y. Hotel Statler, August 25–26, 1924

The department of the american conference of pharmaceutical faculties. Pharmacy is a profession

The department of the american conference of pharmaceutical faculties. Pharmacy is a profession

The department of the American conference of pharmaceutical faculties: The real objections to the three-day-a-week plan

The department of the American conference of pharmaceutical faculties: The real objections to the three-day-a-week plan

The department of the American conference of pharmaceutical faculties. A combined curriculum in pharmacy and medicine

The department of the American conference of pharmaceutical faculties. A combined curriculum in pharmacy and medicine

The Department of the American Conference of Pharmaceutical Faculties

The Department of the American Conference of Pharmaceutical Faculties

The Department of the American Conference of Pharmaceutical Faculties

The Department of the American Conference of Pharmaceutical Faculties

The department of the American Conference of Pharmaceutical Faculties

The department of the American Conference of Pharmaceutical Faculties