Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Private · Moderately Selective · NY
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Overview
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is a specialized institution in Albany, New York built around pharmacy education, one of the relatively small number of standalone pharmacy colleges in the country, with roots dating to 1881.
Academics
Pharmacy is the college's core and defining program, supplemented by pharmaceutical sciences and public health offerings; students train alongside Albany's broader medical and health institutions, giving the small college outsized clinical and professional connections for its size.
Campus & student life
The compact campus sits within Albany's medical and health-sciences community rather than functioning as a self-contained traditional campus, and student culture reflects the intensity and cohort structure typical of professional health-sciences programs.
Getting in
Admissions is geared toward students committed to pharmacy or a related health-sciences path, with an emphasis on science preparation and readiness for a rigorous, professionally focused curriculum rather than broad-based holistic review.
After graduation
Outcomes track tightly to the pharmacy profession, and the college's long history and standalone focus give it strong name recognition specifically within the pharmacy field, if not broad name recognition outside health sciences.
Worth knowing
This is a good fit for a student already committed to pharmacy as a career target — the narrow focus is a strength for that path and a limitation for anyone wanting to keep other majors open.
Admissions
Deadlines (2026–27 cycle)
Applying
acphs.edu ↗High school coursework
RequiredOfficial high school transcript(s) from all secondary schools attended (no specific high-school course pattern published); SAT/ACT is optional for most degree programs -- ACPHS is a pharmacy/health-sciences college whose published science prerequisites (Chemistry, Biology, Organic Chemistry, Calculus, etc.) are COLLEGE-level courses required for professional PharmD entry, not high-school admission requirements
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