Nova Southeastern University Reviews of Doctorates in Pharmacy

"I currently attend Nova Southeastern University's college of pharmacy and am pursuing a PharmD degree. If you are interested in applying to this program, they highly emphasize on community service programs as well as your academic profile throughout the application process. Overall, I highly recommend this program to undergraduate students interested in pursuing pharmacy. The professors are excellent and willing to help their students."

"Do NOT go to this school if you have any other options. It is the epitome of a degree mill, though for some even that is too good a title. They will take in people whom they are certain will never earn a degree or benefit from the limited offerings they have available, take as much money as they can from them, then spit them out worse off than they came. If you try to give NSU the benefit of the doubt, they will do everything they can not only to bring you down academically, professionally and financially, but to convince you that it is your worthlessness to blame for their failures and your own, until your personal life has been decimated as well. This is not a school, it's a business. Further, it's one run by malicious crooks. Head this warning for your own wellbeing. Run away and never look back."

"I appreciate how rigorous the Doctor of Pharmacy program is at Nova Southeastern University, and as a result I feel that I will be ready to work in any Pharm D. position in the future. I hope that the curriculum will become more global-based in the near the future, which will allow graduates to have the option to work abroad in other countries."

"The graduate program has great opportunities for research and community involvement. The professors have a diverse range of backgrounds. The only negative is the high tuition of this program."

"Overall I feel very optimistic about the graduate program I am currently enrolled. I plan to obtain a residency in psychiatric pharmacy after completing my Doctor of Pharmacy and have already started research with the residency director at NSU. The program integrates new technology with traditional teaching styles. My incoming class was the first class required to have an iPad in which we take exams on and many use in class to take notes rather than paper and pen. They also broadcast lectures to two different sites in West Palm Beach and Ponce, Puerto Rico. The professors all have an open door policy, making it easy to create relationships with faculty members. The program not only focuses on teaching future pharmacists their role in the health care industry but also the skills we need to be leaders in the industry. They try to teach students how to put up a professional front which is an ever so important component in the health care system. Although NSU is not one of the top rated pharmacy schools as they are not a huge research university, I do feel their focus on our education is outstanding."

"Pros: Location; diversity of student body, faculty, & the area; Very helpful faculty Cons: Tuition costs; cost of living in South Florida"