KU School of Pharmacy lowers non-resident tuition

The KU School of Pharmacy has lowered its non-resident tuition nearly $50,000, over the course of its four-year Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) program. The tuition reduction applies to first-year pharmacy students admitted during the current academic year and beyond. Over the course of the four-year Pharm.D. program, tuition for non-resident students is now $137,169. The cost of pharmacy tuition for Kansas residents is $106,579.

“In an era when the healthcare of Kansans is being negatively affected by a shortage of pharmacists, we hope this tuition adjustment for out-of-state students will provide more opportunity for aspiring pharmacists to pursue their career goals and meet the needs of patients across our state,” said Ronald Ragan, dean of the School of Pharmacy. “We need to encourage more talented students to enroll in pharmacy school, and cost is certainly one factor that can influence that decision. I’m optimistic that lowering our tuition for non-resident students will increase our enrollment and grow our workforce in Kansas.”

Ragan noted that KU offers one of the country’s top Pharm.D. programs and is also well known for its history of research, discovery and drug development. KU Pharmacy students taking the North American Pharmacist Licensure Exam (NAPLEX) for the first time last year passed at a rate of 91%, ranking them 13th nationally. It was an increase of 5% over the previous year and well above the national average of 79%.

The KU School of Pharmacy is currently accepting applications through June 1, 2024, for the fall semester of 2024. For more information on enrollment, visit pharmacy.ku.edu.

Correction: The tuition amount for non-resident students was updated in this article on Feb. 28, 2024, to correct a credit-hour calculation error. The corrected reduction in the four-year non-resident tuition for the 2023-24 school year compared to 2022-23 is $46,611.