Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD)
Earn Your PharmD in
Diverse, Dynamic Atlanta
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With 80% of our students receiving scholarships along with financial aid, a Mercer education is affordable. And with a 96% graduate outcome rate, you’ll have a great chance to start your career on the right foot.
Join Our PharmD Culture of Caring
Help make your community better through the city’s booming healthcare environment by earning your Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree at Mercer University.
Enhance your expertise through in-classroom coursework and hands-on clinical rotations. Prepare to play a crucial role in healing, empowering patients, and eliminating healthcare disparities. Make a difference wherever you are - no matter if your career path ultimately takes you to a hospital, industry, community pharmacy, or any related field.
Get employed
There has been a 23% increase in pharmacist job postings in the South over the past year.
Opportunities near you
Atlanta is a burgeoning healthcare hub with numerous opportunities.
Opportunities near you
Atlanta is a burgeoning healthcare hub with numerous opportunities.
Opportunities near you
Atlanta is a burgeoning healthcare hub with numerous opportunities.
A Diverse, Dynamic Location
Earn your PharmD in the heart of Atlanta’s growing healthcare hub and take advantage of Mercer’s relationships with large, statewide healthcare systems. No wonder U.S. News & World Report named us the "No. 1 Private Pharmacy School in the Southeast."
Tradition of Excellence and a Legacy of Caring
We have 120 years of experience educating pharmacists! Discover Mercer’s culture of caring as you tap into our compassionate support system and Professional Development Network. Our professors, alumni, and fellow students are dedicated to your success.
Build the Right Mix of Skills
A PharmD from Mercer gives you a unique mix of
Courses You’ll Take in the PharmD Program
Core curriculum and credit hours required
- Pharmacy Fundamentals (1 hour)
- Foundations of Pharmacology and Immunology (5 hours)
- Healthcare Delivery and Population Health (3 hours)
- Self-Care (3 hours)
- Integrated Patient Care I (4 hours)
- Professional Development and Engagement I (1 hour)
- Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics (4 hours)
- Pharmaceutics and Medicinal Chemistry (5 hours)
- Integrated Patient Care II (4 hours)
- Professional Development and Engagement II (1 hour)
- Introductory Law (2 hours)
- Comprehensive Patient-Centered Care I (2 hours)
- Community Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience (2 hours)
- Cardiovascular and Renal Pharmacotherapy (6 hours)
- Endocrine Pharmacotherapy (5 hours)
- Integrated Patient Care III (4 hours)
- Professional Development and Engagement III (1 hour)
- Infectious Diseases Pharmacotherapy (6 hours)
- Pulmonary and Integument Pharmacotherapy (4 hours)
- Integrated Patient Care IV (3 hours)
- Professional Development and Engagement IV (1 hour)
- Comprehensive Patient-Centered Care II (2 hours)
- Institutional Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience (2 hours)
- Nervous System Pharmacotherapy (5 hours)
- Gastrointestinal and Musculoskeletal Pharmacotherapy (5 hours)
- Advanced Law (2 hours)
- Integrated Patient Care V (3 hours)
- Professional Development and Engagement V (1 hour)
- Basic and Clinical Sciences Review (1 hour)
- Oncology, Toxicology, and Drug-Induced Disorders Pharmacotherapy (4 hours)
- Specialty Pharmacy Practice (2 hours)
- Integrated Patient Care VI (3 hours)
- Professional Development and Engagement VI (1 hour)
- Comprehensive Patient-Centered Care III (3 hours)
- Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences (APPEs)
Electives
- Community Pharmacy Ownership (2 hours)
- Introduction to Teaching (2 hours)
- Advanced Community Practice (2 hours)
- Contemporary Pharmacy Topics (2 hours)
- Veterinary Pharmacy (2 hours)
- Drug Development and Regulatory Affairs (2 hours)
- Pharmaceutical Industry Medical Affairs (2 hours)
- Pharmaceutical Biotechnology (2 hours)
- Contemporary Compounding (2 hours)
- Medical Ethics for Health Care Professionals (2 hours)
- Computer-Assisted Drug Design (2 hours)
- Personal Finances (2 hours)
- Project Development (2 hours)
- Introduction to Research (2 hours)
- Critical Care Pharmacotherapy (2 hours)
- Substance Abuse (2 hours)
- Natural Medicines and Self Care (2 hours)
- Geriatric Pharmacy (2 hours)
- Drug Misadventures (2 hours)
- Women’s Health (2 hours)
- Diabetes Care (2 hours)
- Pediatric Pharmacotherapy (2 hours)
- Spanish for Pharmacists (2 hours)
- Global Health for Pharmacists (2 hours)
- Managed Care Pharmacy (2 hours)
- Advanced Leadership (2 hours)
Mercer Empowers You
We pride ourselves on developing graduates who are knowledgeable, patient-centered professionals. To empower you to reach your career goals, we offer the Professional Development Network to enhance academic and career advisement and mentoring for students through individual and group meetings, seminars, and carefully designed activities.
Award-Winning Student Organizations
Get involved in our nationally recognized, award-winning student organizations. You will receive important leadership and networking opportunities.
A Robust Student Experience
Build a community among hundreds of other students at our beautiful Atlanta campus. Work out in our health center, get involved in Greek life or one of our many clubs. On-campus housing is available. Plus, our brand new, state-of-the-art pharmacy building opens just in time to start the spring semester.
You Matter at Mercer
We are committed to providing you with the best education possible in a setting where every student matters. That’s our culture of caring. Our program is rigorous, but you will receive the support you need from faculty, peers, and alumni.
Mercer prepares us to be movers and shakers. The rotations teach us there's so much you can do with pharmacy in clinical specialties, community and ambulatory care, the pharmaceutical industry,government organizations, and beyond. I felt very supported to pursue new opportunities.
- Alexander Garrard, Toxicologist, Class of 2008