Non-Traditional Doctor of Pharmacy (NTDP)

Education that Leverages Your Work Experience

The NTDP program at MCPHS is designed to provide the broad knowledge and experience that will help you advance your career in a variety of areas of pharmacy. The coursework for this 24-month, part-time program is held online, which allows you to continue working as a pharmacist while earning your PharmD degree. Most of the program’s experiential requirements can be fulfilled at your current work site, but you must undertake a four-week clinical rotation at the end of the program. The NTDP program begins in the fall.

Your 24-Month Journey

Although you will complete the coursework for this degree online, you must attend an in-person orientation on the Boston campus at the start of the program.

First-Year Experience

learn the principles of pharmaceutical care, clinical pharmacokinetics, and pharmacoepidemiology
gain a deep understanding of drug literature resources and evaluation

Second-Year Experience

begin a series of pharmacotherapeutics practice engagements
complete an advanced pharmacy practicum experience

Explore the School of Pharmacy at MCPHS

The MCPHS pharmacy program is designed to provide broad knowledge and experience in healthcare that will help you advance your career in a variety of areas of pharmacy.

Advance Your Career in Pharmacy at MCPHS

Founded in 1823, MCPHS is the second-oldest university of pharmacy in the United States and has prepared more students for careers in pharmacy than any other university in the world.

That Essential Quality: Flexibility

Bisni Narayanan, PharmD '15, MS, pharmacist and mother of two, needed a flexible schedule to fulfill her PharmD degree. The NTDP was the answer.

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$128,570 median salary

Average annual compensation for pharmacists / U.S. News & World Report, Best Healthcare Jobs, 2022

Diverse Career Opportunities

Career options for pharmacists extend far beyond the retail counter, from hospitals, to labs, to research, and many more.

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MCPHS Community Voices

The lived experiences of MCPHS students, partners, and faculty tell an eloquent story. They illustrate just how our student-centered, teaching-first approach keeps us in the top tier of the country’s “most transformative colleges.” (Money magazine 2020).

Carlos Randulfe

| PharmD & Army Reservist

“My MCPHS education allowed me to know and understand the uses of drugs found in the army formulary, as well as the inner workings of a hospital. Such information is very helpful when working on a team, specifically a military team made of different providers and healthcare personnel.”