Texarkana, TX has four pharmacy technician schools within a 100-mile radius of its city center. Ayers Career College, the highest ranked school in this group with a pharmacy technician program, has a total student population of 362. It is the 1844th highest ranked school in the USA and the 21st highest in the state of Louisiana (#1 is Tulane University of Louisiana).
Pharmacy Technician students from Texarkana 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.
Texarkana lies in Bowie county, which is one of the 154 counties in Texas. Overall, the Texarkana-Texarkana-AR area has 53,660 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 3.1% unemployment rate, $16.94/hr average worker wage, and a $35,240 average annual salary.
Of the 4 pharmacy technician schools with a 100-mile radius of Texarkana, none have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Ayers Career College comes out as the most expensive ($23,801/yr) for pharmacy technician students, with Kilgore College as the lowest, reported at only $2,728/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Texarkana |
| Magnolia | AR | - | 1 | 22.0736 | 79 | 48.0 miles |
| Idabel | OK | - | 1 | 32.0701 | 16 | 55.4 miles |
| Bossier City | LA | 63,292 | 2 | 15.0075 | 49 | 66.5 miles |
| Shreveport | LA | 204,311 | 13 | 23.0966 | 268 | 67.6 miles |
| Longview | TX | 78,112 | 2 | 39.288 | 136 | 75.0 miles |
| Paris | TX | - | 2 | 22.8036 | 81 | 88.4 miles |
| Hot Springs | AR | - | 2 | 23.3818 | 62 | 93.9 miles |
| Malvern | AR | - | 1 | 12.3999 | 58 | 96.1 miles |