Ten reasons to choose the Central California School of Pharmacy.

1. Due to our increasing population, the need for medical practitioners in the Valley is great so training for a pharmacy professional can offer a higher degree of specialization.
2. The San Joaquin Valley has its fair share of complex patients with a myriad of different diseases that can lead to increased opportunities for pharmaceutical training.  You’ll get experience that you can use anywhere, in any setting.
3. Our innovative three-year block program will accelerate your learning—and your entry into the field.
4. We are committed to academic excellence in pharmaceutical education and to graduating one of the country’s most diverse student bodies in the pharmaceutical sciences.
5. We’re ideally located to positively impact the health outcomes of an increasingly diverse US population; our location offers quick access to major medical and research centers.
6. You can attend from home, saving you money, wear-and-tear, and letting you remain close to family and friends.
7. Our board and advisory council are connected to the community. They come from diverse backgrounds and cultures, so they are keenly aware of local needs and student issues.
8. Fresno is a national test market, so pharmaceutical research is perfect for the region.
9. With a rich academic experience and opportunities for so many real-world experiences, we’ll provide much more than core curriculum and standard clinical rotations.
10. You can become a member of the first graduating class in a culture—and soon a tradition—of academic excellence, professional distinction, and community compassion.

UNIQUENESS

CCSP will differentiate itself from other Doctor of Pharmacy programs by reaching local students in several ways:

• outreach and retention of local students
• cooperation with CSU, Fresno;
• commitment to local pharmacy needs; 
• innovative three-year block program; 
• focus on clinical advantage; you will learn the textbook version but you will gain in-house, hands-on, top-notch live application in medical institutions;
• diversity of the student body with local and global presence; 
• CCSP President’s broad background in internal medicine and travel medicine; 
• commitment to pharmaceutical research including diseases of global significance; 
• a unique opportunity for students to engage in issues related to global pharmacy.  

CCSP will provide a rich academic environment that goes beyond the core curriculum and standard clinical rotations. Topics of local, regional, national and international importance to the practice of pharmacy will be presented, discussed and debated by the students, faculty and visiting lecturers.  The focus will not only be for the graduating students to pass their board exams, but to have a much greater appreciation of how the skills of the pharmacist can lead to a marked improvement in the global infrastructure of healthcare delivery.