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Masters Degrees
44 Programs
Average of 3 Master’s students per
program
Range 0-44
Ph.D. Programs
48 Programs
Average of 26 Ph.D. students / program
Range 5-60
Average time to Graduation is 5.1 years
Percent leaving without a degree is 8%
Ph.D. Programs
All subsequent data refers to Ph.D.
Programs only
Admission Mechanisms
Yes
No
Total
Umbrella
24
25
49
Direct Admit
39
10
49
Department or Program
Dept
Program
40
8
Total
48*
*one program found neither description appropriate
Training Grant Support
Training Grant
Yes
No
Total
36*
13
49
*Average number of slots 6
Core Curriculum
Yes
No
Total
Core Curr.
46
3
49
Med. Pharm.
16
30
46
Ph.D. Students in
Medical Pharmacology
Yes
14
No
35
Total
49
Graduate Pharmacology
Course
Grad. Pharm.
Yes
No
Total
32
16
48*
Average of 85 hours
*one program responded n/a
Drug Metabolism and
Pharmacokinetics
Yes
No
Total
27
19
46*
Average of 25 hours
*two programs responded n/a
Physiology
Yes
No
Total
31
17
47*
Average of 51 hours
*one program responded n/a
All data presented was self reported by attendees to the National Meeting of
Directors of Graduate Studies in Pharmacology, July 21-23, Nashville, TN
Contact hours for course work was estimated. Some respondents reported
“semester hour credits” which were assumed to be one contact hour per week per
16 week semester and hours calculated accordingly.
Questions contact:
Joey V. Barnett, Ph.D.
Vice Chair, Pharmacology
Director of Graduate Studies in Pharmacology
Associate Professor of Pharmacology, Medicine,
and Microbiology & Immunology
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Department of Pharmacology
Preston Research Building Room 460
2220 Pierce Avenue
Nashville, TN 37232-6600
ph. 615 936 1722