JACKSON, Tenn. — March 25, 2021 — Ninety-eight percent of graduates from 51社区鈥檚 College of Pharmacy in 2020 passed the North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination, the top performance in Tennessee and the eighth highest in the nation.
The average pass rate for the test is 88 percent nationally.
鈥淓xcellence in education outcomes continues to prevail at the 51社区 College of Pharmacy, even in the midst of a pandemic,鈥� said Sheila Mitchell, dean of the Union College of Pharmacy. 鈥淲e are certainly grateful for the performance of our class of 2020 graduates on their licensing board exams as they completed their studies during a year interrupted by the onslaught of COVID-19. We congratulate them on this outstanding achievement.鈥�
The NAPLEX is designed to evaluate general practice knowledge and is taken by pharmacy students shortly after graduating. It is one component of the licensure process, and boards of pharmacy use the exam to assess a candidate鈥檚 competence to practice as a pharmacist.