2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools for an Associate
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Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences is the 52nd most popular major in the country with 19,436 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $103,354 and had an average of $116,700 in loans still to pay off.
At the associate degree level specifically, there were 37 pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Pharmacy Schools for an Associate” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences 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/pharmaceutical sciences program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Pharmacy Schools for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Pharmacy Schools for an Associate.
Top 7 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences
Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Pharmacy Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Bunker Hill Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s pharmacy degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our associate degree pharmacy students list, BHCC has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $7,867 for Associate Degree Pharmacy students per year to attend BHCC.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Plains College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Pharmacy Schools for an Associate. This medium-sized school is located in Levelland, Texas, and it awarded 5 associates’s pharmacy degrees in 2019-2020.
South Plains College also took the #2 spot in our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for South Plains College is $7,600 for associate degree pharmacy students.
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Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Pharmacy Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Butler Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Butler Community College is a medium-sized school located in El Dorado, Kansas that handed out 2 associates’s pharmacy degrees in 2019-2020.
Butler CC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $13,895 for associate degree pharmacy students per year to attend Butler Community College.
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Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Pharmacy Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Ozarks Technical Community College landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Springfield, Missouri, this fairly large public school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified associates’s pharmacy students in 2019-2020.
OTC also made our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend Ozarks Technical Community College is $7,908 for Associate Degree Pharmacy students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Mississippi Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools for an Associate list. EMCC is a small public school situated in Scooba, Mississippi. It awarded 2 associates’s pharmacy degrees in 2019-2020.
EMCC also took the #5 spot in our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend EMCC is $6,039 for associate degree pharmacy students.
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EDP University - San Sebastian landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools for an Associate ranking. EDP University - San Sebastian is a small school located in San Sebastian, that handed out 11 associates’s pharmacy degrees in 2019-2020.
EDP - San Sebastian also made our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #6. The yearly cost to attend EDP - San Sebastian is $7,113 for Associate Degree Pharmacy students.
The low student loan default rate of 3.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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Universidad del Turabo did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools for an Associate ranking, coming in at #7. Universidad del Turabo is a fairly large school located in Gurabo, that handed out 1 associates’s pharmacy degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Universidad del Turabo, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $6,588 for associate degree pharmacy students per year to attend Universidad del Turabo.
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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%.
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- *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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