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limited information available regarding whether malleable factors critical thinking skills associated academic performance among underrepresented minority pharmacy students study assessed relationship critical thinking skills grade point average gpa among pharmacy students attending historically black college cross sectional study design utilized evaluate association students gpa critical thinking skills demographic data gpa abstracted student records health sciences reasoning test numeracy administered pharmacy students howard university 2017 2018 academic year critical thinking scores classified weak moderate strongsuperior one way analysis variance conducted ascertain average gpa differed based critical thinking skills category multiple linear regression analysis conducted determine whether students critical thinking skill category associated cumulative gpa accounting factors among 217 students mean gpa among students weak critical thinking skills score 322 040 lower compared students strongsuperior score 339 033 pvalue 0029 adjusting factors strongsuperior critical thinking skills score associated higher gpa pvalue 0024 comparison weak critical thinking skills stronger critical thinking skills scores associated better academic performance among underrepresented minority pharmacy students