2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Pharmacy Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 8 pharmacy graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Pharmacy Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in pharmacy. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent pharmacy programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the pharmacy program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Pharmacy Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Pharmacy Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Pharmacy (With Aid)

#1

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 #1 on our 2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid list. Ozarks Technical Community College is a public institution located in Springfield, Missouri. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 6 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

OTC also made our “Best Pharmacy Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $7,908 for associate degree pharmacy students with aid per year to attend Ozarks Technical Community College.

Full Ozarks Technical Community College Pharmacy Report

#2

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 #2 on our 2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid 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 also took the #1 spot in our “Best Pharmacy Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Butler Community College is $13,895 for associate degree pharmacy students with aid.

Full Butler Community College Pharmacy Report

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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