Touro California pharmacy school acceptance rate

How the Touro California rate is worked out

Touro University California College of Pharmacy does not post how many people apply, so we don't give a rate and don't estimate one. For schools that do publish applicant counts, see the table of pharmacy school acceptance rates by school.

We only use numbers the school posts on its own site. National PharmCAS and AACP tables count applicants differently, so they are left out, and so are PCAT averages, since the PCAT was retired in January 2024.

What Touro California asks of applicants

• Minimum 2.75 science and cumulative GPAs, with a possible secondary review of your most recent 30 units of chemistry, biology, and other physical sciences if either falls short. Applications go through PharmCAS on a rolling admissions cycle with a June 1 deadline (and by request between June 1 and June 20), the PCAT is not required, and one letter of recommendation from a non-family source is required. Source
• No bachelor's degree needed, but at least 72 semester or 108 quarter units with a grade of C- or better in every prerequisite: Human Physiology (3 semester or 5 quarter units), Microbiology (3 semester or 5 quarter units), Calculus (3 semester or 5 quarter units), and either Chemistry Option 1 (8 semester or 12 quarter units each of General Chemistry with lab and Organic Chemistry with lab, where 4 semester units of Biochemistry may substitute for 4 semester units of Organic Chemistry) or Chemistry Option 2 (4 semester or 6 quarter units of General Chemistry with lab, 8 semester or 12 quarter units of Organic Chemistry with lab, and 4 semester or 6 quarter units of Biochemistry with lab). Source
• You can be accepted provisionally while some prerequisites are still in progress, as long as all are done before classes start. Source
• For 2026-27, tuition is $37,200 per semester in the first year and $24,800 per trimester in the second and third years ($74,400 per year), plus a $360 annual Student Fee and $270 in annual Technology Fees ($135 per semester or $90 per trimester) for $75,030 in annual tuition and fees and an estimated total annual Cost of Attendance of $111,550 in year one, $116,031 in year two, and $115,600 in year three. Source

The Touro California pharmacy school interview

Each candidate meets a panel one at a time, while other parts of the day may be with a group of candidates, and the panel evaluates verbal, non-verbal, and written communication, critical thinking, listening skills, sensitivity to others, and knowledge of current events in pharmacy. Interview day adds a 45-minute essay, where you read a passage, define a word from it and answer a prompt, plus a short five-question calculations quiz. Touro interviews from September through May rather than solely for wait-list spots, the Admissions and Standards Committee typically meets every week to review candidates, and accepted students pay a $200 initial deposit within two weeks of their acceptance letter and a $1,000 deposit by May 15. Source

About Touro California's PharmD program

• The PharmD takes three years, with longer 19-week semesters and eight six-week advanced rotations, starting the summer after the second year. Source
• 87% of the Class of 2027 came from California and 13% from out of state, with 29% from the University of California system, 21% from the California State University system, and 50% from other California and out-of-state schools. Top feeder schools were UC Davis (3), UC Merced (3), American River College (2), Dominican University (2), San Francisco State University (2), and UC Santa Cruz (2), and the class was 63% female, 37% male, and 31% under-represented minority students. Source

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