The degree of doctor of pharmacy is awarded to a pharmacy student by the university upon the recommendation of the faculty of the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy. Recommendation is contingent upon the student's fulfillment of the following requirements:

1.  completion of the six-year curriculum for the doctoral degree

2.  cumulative grade-point average must be greater than 2.5, and the cumulative professional grade-point average must be greater than 2.5

3.  professional grade-point average in the terminal year must be greater than 2.5

4.  completion of four years of full-time study for the doctoral degree at an accredited college of pharmacy, the last year of which must have been spent at the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy

5.  candidate must be adjudged by the faculty to be of good ethical character and properly equipped for the profession of pharmacy

6. candidate must submit the graduating student survey prepared in conjunction with the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) and the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE)