You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue an Associate Degree in pharmacy. It is ranked #738 out of 1020 major degree programs in terms of popularity. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Pharmacy Associate Degree Schools ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 7 associate degrees in pharmacy to qualified students.
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to pharmacy students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - How many other pharmacy students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized pharmacy related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for pharmacy students working on their associate degree.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Pharmacy Associate Degree Schools list to help you make the college decision.
Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Pharmacy in the United States
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in pharmacy.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).