Pharmacy Education:

Pharmacy Faculty Q&A

Who Is the Pharmacy Faculty Member?
As of Fall 2014, 6,626 faculty were employed at U.S. schools of pharmacy#

Full-time Faculty: Age #

Full-time Faculty: Rank and Gender #

Provost 0.1%
30.6% 50.6% 18.9% Dean 2.0%
Associate Dean 4.9%
Age 39 or under Age 40–59 Age 60 or older Assistant Dean 3.2%
Administrative Ranks
Male Female
Full-time Faculty: Race/Ethnicity #

10.2% 58.0% 42.0%
Two or More Races 0.1%
International/Foreign 3.2%
Unknown 5.4% 89.8%

69.1% 14.5%
White Asian
Academic Ranks
Professor 19.2%
4.5%
Black or African American
Associate Professor 27.6%
0.1%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
Assistant Professor 39.9%
2.9%
Hispanic or Latino
Instructor 2.1%
0.2%
American Indian or Alaska Native
Lecturer 0.5%
Male Female
Underrepresented minorities= 7.7% Librarian 0.5%
50.2% 49.8%

How Rewarding Is a Career Where Is the Need for

in Pharmacy Education? Pharmacy Faculty?
The top 3 regions with the highest number of vacant
Positive Student Experiences+ positions* as reported by participating institutions @

More than 90% of students reported that faculty,

 East North Central
administrators, and staff were committed to serving (IN, IL, MI, OH, WI)
as positive role models.
92.7%

Strongly Agree Agree 1.1%

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Comment

Disagree or Strongly Disagree 6.2%  South Atlantic

(DE, DC, FL, GA,
MD, NC, PR, SC,
Resources for Faculty Development^ VA, WV)
Nearly 72% of faculty strongly agreed or agreed that  Pacific
(AK, CA, HI, OR, WA) *includes shared and non-shared positions
they receive adequate guidance on career development.
71.9% Salary #

Strongly The median starting salary for an

Agree 4.4%
Agree Unable to Assistant Professor with 0–1 year
Disagree or Strongly Disagree 23.8%
Comment
of experience is $100,000.

More than 90% of faculty reported that programs

are available for them to improve teaching and
facilitate student learning. Source: AACP Fall 2014 Profile of Pharmacy Faculty
#

^Source: AACP 2015 Faculty Survey

+
Source: AACP 2015 Graduating Student Survey
90.4% @
Source: AACP 2014 Survey of Vacant Budgeted and Lost Faculty Positions

Strongly Agree Agree 2.7%

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Disagree or Strongly Disagree 6.9%

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