The top performing pharmacy schools in the Philippines are hotspots for pharmaceutical companies like Unilab, Pfizer, Abbott Philippines, Wyeth, Sanofi Aventis, and Roche to recruit new talent.
We analyzed the results of two pharmacist licensure examinations plus other factors including level of accreditation and faculty-student ratio to find out which pharmacy schools have the most valuable undergraduate programs to produce batch of examinees with high passing rate.
Details on the present methodology are discussed here. Other possible factors which are possibly secondary variables in determining the best Philippine schools for pharmacy are included in the disclaimer page. Factors such as international linkages, community involvement, employer reputation, research outputs, and research citations per faculty are not part of this study. These variables are assumed to be correlated to the board exam results.
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To rank the schools, we took the results of two pharmacist licensure examinations this year, the number of examinees, and top performing examinees as the overall board exam performance and faculty-student ratio and accreditation status of the pharmacy program as other criteria.
The University of Santo Tomas came in first as the top performing school for pharmacy undergrads. Read on to see which schools made the list.
| 22 Best Philippine Schools with Bachelors in Pharmacy Programs for 2017 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RANK | SCHOOL | OVERALL SCORE | 2017 OVERALL BOARD EXAM PERFORMANCE (70%) | OTHER CRITERIA (30%) | |||||||||
| Passed | Failed | Total | Weighted % PASSED (40%) | No. of Examinees (20%) | With Top Examinees (10%) | Accreditation Level | Accreditation Level Score (20%) | Faculty-Student Ratio (FSR) | No. of Students per Faculty | FSR Score (10%) | |||
| 1 | UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS | 94.76 | 489 | 36 | 525 | 93.14% | 100 | 100 | COE | 100 | 1:21 | 21 | 75 |
| 2 | SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY | 86.75 | 421 | 8 | 429 | 98.13% | 100 | 70 | Level III | 70 | 1:37 | 37 | 65 |
| 3 | UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES- MANILA | 78.5 | 100 | 0 | 100 | 100.00% | 40 | 100 | Level II | 60 | 1:16 | 16 | 85 |
| 4 | CENTRO ESCOLAR UNIVERSITY- MANILA | 75.6 | 515 | 218 | 733 | 70.26% | 100 | 40 | Level IV | 80 | 1:24 | 24 | 75 |
| 5 | UNIVERSITY OF SAN CARLOS | 74.24 | 135 | 12 | 147 | 91.84% | 40 | 100 | Level II | 60 | 1:22 | 22 | 75 |
| 6 | UNIVERSITY OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION-DAVAO | 74.02 | 217 | 77 | 294 | 73.81% | 70 | 100 | Level II | 60 | 1:19 | 19 | 85 |
| 7 | UNIVERSITY OF SAN AGUSTIN | 73.66 | 339 | 126 | 465 | 72.91% | 100 | 40 | Level II | 60 | 1:16 | 16 | 85 |
| 8 | OUR LADY OF FATIMA UNIVERSITY-VALENZUELA | 69.38 | 191 | 83 | 274 | 69.71% | 70 | 40 | COD | 90 | 1:46 | 46 | 55 |
| 9 | SAN PEDRO COLLEGE-DAVAO CITY | 69.23 | 134 | 16 | 150 | 89.33% | 50 | 40 | Level II | 60 | 1:20 | 20 | 75 |
| 10 | ADAMSON UNIVERSITY | 68.08 | 75 | 7 | 82 | 91.46% | 30 | 40 | Level III | 70 | 1:29 | 29 | 75 |
| 11 | MANILA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY- CALOOCAN CITY | 63.35 | 75 | 29 | 104 | 72.12% | 40 | 40 | Level III | 70 | 1:12 | 12 | 85 |
| 12 | MARIANO MARCOS STATE UNIVERSITY-BATAC | 61.34 | 82 | 21 | 103 | 79.61% | 40 | 40 | Level I | 50 | 1:20 | 20 | 75 |
| 13 | CENTRO ESCOLAR UNIVERSITY- MALOLOS | 58.78 | 91 | 53 | 144 | 63.19% | 40 | 40 | Level III | 70 | 1:22 | 22 | 75 |
| 14 | SAINT PAUL UNIVERSITY- TUGUEGARAO | 58.62 | 87 | 15 | 102 | 85.30% | 40 | 40 | Not Accredited | 30 | 1:37 | 37 | 65 |
| 15 | ST. SCHOLASTICA'S COLLEGE-TACLOBAN | 58.41 | 37 | 17 | 54 | 68.52% | 30 | 70 | Candidate | 40 | 1:07 | 7 | 100 |
| 16 | CENTRAL PHILIPPINE UNIVERSITY | 57.72 | 49 | 10 | 59 | 83.05% | 30 | 40 | Not Accredited | 30 | 1:16 | 16 | 85 |
| 17 | CENTRO ESCOLAR UNIVERSITY- MAKATI | 57.71 | 116 | 61 | 177 | 65.54% | 50 | 40 | Level I | 50 | 1:23 | 23 | 75 |
| 18 | ANGELES UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | 56.44 | 83 | 45 | 128 | 64.84% | 40 | 40 | Level I | 50 | 1:15 | 15 | 85 |
| 19 | LICEO DE CAGAYAN UNIVERSITY | 52.73 | 63 | 41 | 104 | 60.58% | 40 | 40 | Candidate | 40 | 1:17 | 17 | 85 |
| 20 | OUR LADY OF FATIMA UNIVERSITY-ANTIPOLO CITY | 52.65 | 93 | 44 | 137 | 67.89% | 40 | 40 | Candidate | 40 | 1:42 | 42 | 55 |
| 21 | OUR LADY OF FATIMA UNIVERSITY-QC | 52.64 | 102 | 38 | 140 | 72.86% | 40 | 40 | Not Accredited | 30 | 1:40 | 40 | 55 |
| 22 | NEGROS ORIENTAL STATE UNIVERSITY (CVPC)-DUMAGUETE | 51.87 | 58 | 21 | 79 | 73.42% | 30 | 40 | Not Accredited | 30 | 1:31 | 31 | 65 |
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- List of Centers of Excellence and Development. (2017, January 24). Retrieved from http://api.ched.ph/api/v1/download/4323
- Private Higher Education Institutions Faculty-Student Ratio. (2017, April 10). Retrieved from http://api.ched.ph/api/v1/download/4433
- Private Higher Education Institutions Faculty-Student Ratio 2015/2016. (2016). Retrieved from http://api.ched.ph/api/v1/download/2346
- State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) Faculty Student Ratio. (2017, April 10). Retrieved from http://api.ched.ph/api/v1/download/4327
- August 2017 Pharmacist Licensure Examination Results released in two (2) working days. (2017, September 5). Retrieved from http://www.prc.gov.ph/news/?id=7660
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