2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Pharmacy Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 15,416 people earned their degree in pharmacy, making the major the 48th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 1,234 pharmacy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 8 pharmacy graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Pharmacy Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in pharmacy. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great pharmacy programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the pharmacy program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The pharmacy school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Pharmacy Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region”.

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Best Value Pharmacy Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree pharmacy students.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Pharmacy in the Plains States Region

#1

Butler Community College

El Dorado, Kansas

#1 in overall quality

$13,895 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Butler Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region list. El Dorado, Kansas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s pharmacy degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

Butler CC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Pharmacy Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Butler CC is $13,895 for plains states region associate degree pharmacy students.

Read more about Pharmacy at Butler CC

#2

Ozarks Technical Community College

Springfield, Missouri

#2 in overall quality

$7,908 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ozarks Technical Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region list. OTC is located in Springfield, Missouri and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 associates’s pharmacy degrees to qualified students.

OTC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Pharmacy Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Ozarks Technical Community College is $7,908 for plains states region associate degree pharmacy students.

Read more about Pharmacy at OTC

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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