Pharmacy Career Information
Students:
Prospective |
Current |
Transfer |
Graduate Students |
Continuing Education |
Courses
Prospective: Main | Careers | Responsibilities | Qualifications | Education | Preparation
Office of Student Services | Multicultural Programs | Student Organizations
Prospective: Main | Careers | Responsibilities | Qualifications | Education | Preparation
Office of Student Services | Multicultural Programs | Student Organizations
Also see additional information at OSS: Career Development
Career Options
- A general presentation of career options for those obtaining their Pharm.D. degree, provided by the AACP.
- A general presentation of careers for those obtaining a Bachelors of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences (BSPS) degree, provided by the AAPS.
- A
multimedia presentation about Purdue's BS in Pharmaceutical Sciences (BSPS) program, including information about career options for graduates of this program.
Listings of Jobs and Employers
- Listing of job openings at Purdue's Center for Career Opportunities.
- Pharmaceutical Online Job Center
- ASHP's CareerPharm for Pharmacy Jobs and Pharmacy Talent
- Pharmacy Week
- Yahoo listing of Pharmaceutical Recruiting firms(many of them list job vacancies)
- List of chain drug store firms (and links) from the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (www.nacds.org)
- Career Corner from Pharmacy Times
- chemjobs.net - Job vacancy site for chemists, biochemists, pharmaceutical scientists and chemical engineers
- organicworldwide.net - Job site for synthetic organic chemists
Job and Salary Outlook
Employment and Salary Statistics of Recent Graduates of Purdue's Professional Pharmacy Programs:
Class of: 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008
Other online information:
- Is Pharmacy For You and Job Outlook for Pharmacists from the American Association of the Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP)
- Occupational Outlook Handbook excerpt, from the US Department of Labor
- Occupational Employment and Wages, from the US Department of Labor
- A Congressionally madated study entitled "The Pharmacist Workforce: A Study of the Supply and Demand For Pharmacists" was released in December 2000.