San Antonio, TX (population: 1,402,013) has eight pharmacy technician schools within its city limits. Southern Careers Institute 1 Inc, the highest ranked school in the city with a pharmacy technician program, has a total student population of 169. It is the 1607th highest ranked school in the USA and the 68th highest in the state of Texas (#1 is Rice University).
Pharmacy Technician students from San Antonio schools who go on to become pharmacy technicians, pharmacists, pharmacologists, pharmacy professionals, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 331,890 people working as pharmacy technicians alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $28,940.
San Antonio lies in Bexar county, which is one of the 154 counties in Texas. Overall, the San Antonio area has 837,030 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0.9% unemployment rate, $18.25/hr average worker wage, and a $37,970 average annual salary.
Of the 8 pharmacy technician schools in San Antonio, only 3 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Kaplan Career Institute-San Antonio Campus comes out as the most expensive ($24,255/yr) for pharmacy technician students, with San Antonio College as the lowest, reported at only $3,422/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from San Antonio |
| Seguin | TX | - | 2 | 43.9208 | 52 | 33.7 miles |
| Kerrville | TX | - | 2 | 41.881 | 56 | 55.5 miles |
| Austin | TX | 792,778 | 27 | 18.4164 | 459 | 74.4 miles |
| Cedar Park | TX | 72,258 | 0 | - | 0 | 83.3 miles |
| Pflugerville | TX | 43,849 | 1 | 21.9644 | 4 | 86.3 miles |
| Georgetown | TX | 55,998 | 3 | 24.3873 | 208 | 95.8 miles |