The North Carolina pharmacy schools were built for those who own a bachelor degree and want to pursue a four-year advanced degree of Doctor of Pharmacy (or PharmD) in North Carolina. Please note that PCAT which stands for Pharmacy College Admissions Test is required for applicants for admissions to pharmacy schools, while Doctor of Pharmacy is a must for those who want to consider working as a pharmacist in North Carolina.
This page lists all North Carolina pharmacy colleges that are accredited by the ACPE – Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education. Included are complete contact information and website addresses of all Pharmacy schools, colleges, and universities within the state of North Carolina.
| Rank | Pharmacy University | Pharmacy Department | |
| 1 | University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Address: CB #7360, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7360 Phone: (919) 966-9429 E-mail: pharmacy_admissions@unc.edu Website: http://www.pharmacy.unc.edu |
Eshelman School of Pharmacy | |
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| 2 | Campbell University School of Pharmacy Address: PO Box 1090, Buies Creek, NC 27506 Phone: (800) 760-9734 E-mail: morgan@campbell.edu Website: http://www.campbell.edu |
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| 3 | Wingate University School of Pharmacy Address: Campus Box 3087, Wingate, NC 28174 Phone: (704) 233-8331 E-mail: pharmacy@wingate.edu Website: http://pharmacy.wingate.edu |
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North Carolina
North Carolina is a state in the eastern United States, one of the so-called South Atlantic states. The capital is the city of Raleigh. Population 8.049 million (2000).
The official nickname is the Tarheel State.
Geography
The area of the state is 139.5 thousand km², of which 9.5% is water. North Carolina borders Virginia to the north, Tennessee to the west, Georgia to the southwest, and South Carolina to the south. In the east, the state is washed by the waters of the Atlantic Ocean.
History
Originally inhabited by many Indian tribes, including the Cherokee, North Carolina was the first American territory that the British attempted to colonize. Sir Walter Raleigh, after whom the state capital is named, founded two colonies on the North Carolina coast in the late 1580s, but both colonies were unsuccessful. The demise of one, the “Lost Colony” of Roanoke Island, remains one of the great mysteries of American history.
The province in the 17th century was named Carolina in honor of King Charles I of England. By the end of the 17th century, several permanent settlements settled on its territory, which covered modern South Carolina and the State of Tennessee. In 1712, North Carolina became a separate colony. Seventeen years later, she again became Royal. In April 1776, North Carolina became the first colony to send delegates to the Continental Congress to vote for independence from the British crown.
North Carolina is one of the thirteen colonies that rebelled against British rule in the American Revolution. On November 21, 1789, North Carolina ratified the Constitution and became the twelfth state in the Union.
Between the American Revolutionary War and the American Civil War, North Carolina moved to establish state and local governments. In 1840, the construction of the state building of the Capitol in Raleigh was completed, where it is still located.
In the middle of the century, the rural and commercial areas of the state became more connected with the construction of a 129-mile (208-kilometer) wooden road made mainly of plank, known as the “farmer’s railway,” from Fayetteville in the east to Bethania (northwest of Winston -Salem).
In 1860, North Carolina was a slave state with a population of just under 1 million. Approximately one third of the population were slaves. There were also approximately 30,000 free blacks living in the state. Somewhat divided over who to support, North or South in the Civil War, North Carolina was the last state to secede from the Union in 1861.
Governor Ellis, head of state at the start of the war in 1861, in response to President Lincoln’s call for 75,000 troops to put down the “rebellion,” replied, “You can’t get any troops from North Carolina.” However, under his leadership and then under his successor, Governor Zebalon Bird Vance Asheville, elected in 1862, the state did indeed contribute 125,000 troops to the Confederacy (Southern States), more than any other state in the South.
There were no major battles directly in North Carolina itself. All the troops of this state basically fought in all the major battles in northern Virginia. The biggest battle that took place in North Carolina was in Bentonville. It was a futile attempt by Confederate General Joseph Johnston to slow Union General Sherman’s advance into the Carolinas in the spring of 1865. General Johnston surrendered near Duram, along with one of the largest Confederate armies, in late April 1865. This came within a few weeks of General Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox. North Carolina’s final surrender came at Waynesville in Western North Carolina in May, when the remnants of Thomas’ Cherokee Legion laid down their arms.
In the 20th century, North Carolina became a leader in agriculture and industry. The state’s industrial output—mainly textiles, chemicals, electrical equipment, paper, and paper products—ranked eighth in the nation in the early 1990s. Tobacco, one of North Carolina’s earliest sources of income, remains vital to the local economy. More recently, technology has become a driving force in the state, especially with the creation of the Research Triangle between Raleigh and Duram in the early 1950s.