NORTHWEST ARKANSAS CAMPUS UAMS Renovation Continues
WORK ON COLLEGE OF PHARMACY TO BE COMPLETED IN DECEMBER
Posted: September 5, 2010 at 5:40 a.m.
Jerry Smith, superintendent for the UAMS Northwest construction project, left, looks over plans Wednesday with electrician Jason Underwood. The space will allow the campus, the former Washington Regional Medical Center, to enroll pharmacy students.
“Northwest Arkansas pharmacists have been teaching our students for a long time, we just didn’t have the fulltime faculty in place.” -- DR. JON WOLFE UAMS College of Pharmacy associate dean for development
FAST FACTS
2010 PHARMACY GRADUATE SURVEY HIGHLIGHTS
Graduates: 104 for 2009-10 academic year
Age: 22-25, 40 percent; 26-30, 44 percent; 31-35, 12 percent; 35 and older, 3 percent
Gender: male, 35 percent; female, 65 percent
Accepted a position at graduation: 90 percent, with 55 percent with a previous employer or rotation site and 62 percent in Central Arkansas
Students accepting a position in Northwest Arkansas: 10 percent
Mean starting annual salary in Northwest Arkansas: $119,192
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UAMS-NORTHWEST ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS
Projections for 2015
Medical students: 80-100
Pharmacy students: 55-60
Allied Health students: 60-90
Medical residents: 75-85
Pharmacy residents: 2-4
SOURCE: UAMS
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