In the United States, 496 colleges and universities are offering Pharmacy Technician/Assistant programs. The average tuition & fees of the Pharmacy Technician/Assistant program at the schools are $4,496 for state residents and $12,097 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2020-2021.
Pharmacy Technician/Assistant Program 2021 Average Tuition Costs
What is Pharmacy Technician/Assistant program?
A program that prepares individuals, under the supervision of pharmacists, to prepare medications, provide medications and related assistance to patients, and manage pharmacy clinical and business operations. Includes instruction in medical and pharmaceutical terminology, principles of pharmacology and pharmaceutics, drug identification, pharmacy laboratory procedures, prescription interpretation, patient communication and education, safety procedures, record-keeping, measurement and testing techniques, pharmacy business operations, prescription preparation, logistics and dispensing operations, and applicable standards and regulations
For the academic year 2020-2021, the average tuition costs of colleges offering Pharmacy Technician/Assistant program is $12,097 for undergraduate programs and $11,137 for graduate programs. The following table shows the average tuition & fees for Pharmacy Technician/Assistant programs.
2020-2021 Average Tuition & Fees ofPharmacy Technician/Assistant Programs
In-State
Out-of-State
Undergraduate
$4,496
$12,097
Graduate
$8,792
$11,137
Career and Salary after Completing Pharmacy Technician/Assistant Program
Next jobs are possible careers after completing Pharmacy Technician/Assistant major program. The average wage is based on the employment and wage data (May 2019) from Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The average annual wage of Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary career is $121,620 and, for Pharmacy Technicians, the average annual income is $35,250.
Pharmacy Technician/Assistant Careers and its Average Wage (as of May 2020)