my undergrad loans are payed off. the risk would be 150k in student loans which i could pay off after 2 years of graduation. my cousin owns tons of pharmacy in my area, so i'm not to concerned about finding employment
Not sure how your cousin would pay you, but in general independent pharmacies don't offer the salary, vacation time, sick time, 401k, health/dental insurance, etc that a chain does. Plus longevity, independents get bought at by chains all the time. Look at the stock prices for all the major chains in the last 5 years. The trend is down down down even during the crazy bull run where other sectors went up and up. Pharmacy is a dying profession.
You also have to consider quality of life.
Accounting:
-Sit in a nice quiet office/cube in a nice comfy chair
-Go to the bathroom, grab a coffee or chat in the break room whenever you want
-Lunch break that you can enjoy with colleagues if you wish with no work interruptions, can leave the office for lunch too
-Minimal interaction with people, maybe some phone calls during the day?
-Minimal interruptions
Pharmacy:
-Stand/walk on your feet for the whole shift
-If you're lucky you have time to pee
-Get interupted every 10 seconds by customers, techs, phone calls, etc
-Get yelled at by angry customers, argue with doctors/nurses/insurance
-Have to deal with drug addicts
-Potential for robberies
-If your coworkers (rph or tech) annoy you, you still have to deal with them the entire shift
-Minimal time to eat (unless you get a lunch break but most people outside of CA don't)