Current Practices of Awarding Graduation Honors within Doctor of Pharmacy Degree Programs.

To survey the practices of awarding honors upon graduation with a doctor of pharmacy degree. College and school of pharmacy websites were systematically searched to identify if, and then how, graduation honors are awarded. Programs that offer graduation honors were categorized and quantified based upon grade point average (GPA) cutoffs, honors enrollment, research project completion, faculty vote, course failure considerations, and ethics code violations.