2025 Best Pharmacy Technician/Assistant Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

Pharmacy Technician/Assistant is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #105 most popular associate degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 5 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Pharmacy Technician/Assistant Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 55 associate degrees in pharmacy technician/assistant to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Pharmacy Technician/Assistant School for Your Associate Degree

The pharmacy technician/assistant associate degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality pharmacy technician/assistant program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we consider a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a host of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to pharmacy technician/assistant students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other pharmacy technician/assistant students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized pharmacy technician/assistant related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for pharmacy technician/assistant students working on their associate degree.

More Ways to Rank Pharmacy Technician/Assistant Schools

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 Technician/Assistant Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Pharmacy Technician/Assistant in the Southwest Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in pharmacy technician/assistant.

Top Southwest Region Schools for an Associate in Pharmacy Technician/Assistant

1

Lone Star College System
The Woodlands, TX

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

7 Annual Graduates

Lone Star College System is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting an associate degree in pharmacy technician/assistant. Located in the city of The Woodlands, North Harris Montgomery is a public college with a fairly large student population.More information about a associate in pharmacy technician/assistant from Lone Star College System

2

Austin Community College District
Austin, TX

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

5 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Austin Community College District if you want to pursue an associate degree in pharmacy technician/assistant. Located in the large city of Austin, Austin Community College District is a public college with a very large student population.More information about a associate in pharmacy technician/assistant from Austin Community College District

3

Del Mar College
Corpus Christi, TX

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in an associate degree in pharmacy technician/assistant has to take a look at Del Mar College. Located in the city of Corpus Christi, DMC is a public college with a medium-sized student population.More information about a associate in pharmacy technician/assistant from Del Mar College

4

El Paso Community College
El Paso, TX

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

6 Annual Graduates

El Paso Community College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting an associate degree in pharmacy technician/assistant. Located in the city of El Paso, El Paso Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population.More information about a associate in pharmacy technician/assistant from El Paso Community College

5

Central New Mexico Community College
Albuquerque, NM

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

5 Annual Graduates

CNM is a fairly large public college located in the city of Albuquerque.More information about a associate in pharmacy technician/assistant from Central New Mexico Community College

Best Pharmacy Technician/Assistant Colleges by State

Explore the best pharmacy technician/assistant schools for a specific state in the Southwest Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	420	71
Arizona	349	2
New Mexico	255	0

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Pharmacy Technician/Assistant Related Rankings by Major

One of 14 majors within the Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services area of study, Pharmacy Technician/Assistant has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Physical Therapy Assistant	760
Occupational Therapist Assistant	509
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Assistant	311
Medical/Clinical Assistant	213
Respiratory Therapy Technician/Assistant	62
Speech-Language Pathology Assistant	55
Other Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services	21
Anesthesiologist Assistant	16

Notes and References

• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.