White Coat Ceremony
With a full class of 130 students, the School of Pharmacy Class of 2011 has arrived at VCU. The newest group of students started their semester on August 23rd with a two day orientation before their classes began. They were then presented with White Coats, signifying the beginning of their careers as student pharmacists on September 8th. The following chart details the demographics of the Class of 2011. Applications to the program continue to increase each year, this year increasing by 179 applications through PharmCAS over last year’s 2,406 applications.
Class of 2011 Demographics
| Enrollment | 130 Matriculants 130 Full Time Students |
| Applications | 2,585 Total Submissions to PharmCAS 275 Total Interviewed |
| Gender Comparison | 67% Female 33% Male |
| Race/Ethnicity Comparison | 33% Under-represented Minority 67% Caucasian |
| Age | 86% 20-24 Yrs 14% > 25 Yrs Mean age 23 Yrs |
| Permanent Residence | 81% Virginia 19% Non-Virginia |
| Earned Degrees | 80% Earned Degrees: Baccalaureate (78%); M.S./Ph.D. (2%) [Biology n=24; Biol/Chem n=18; Biochemistry n=13; Chem n=14] 20% Without Baccalaureate Degree |
| Institutions Attended for Post-Secondary Education | 71% Virginia Colleges and Universities 29% Non-Virginia Colleges and Universities |
| Mean Cumulative G.P.A. | 3.42/4.00 All Credits Earned |