Pharmacy Technician/Assistant Program

Total 363 schools offer the Pharmacy Technician/Assistant programs. Its average tuition & fees is $13,530. In public schools, the tuition & fees is $4,956 for State residents and $7,549 for out-of-state students. In private schools the costs for the Pharmacy Technician/Assistant program is $21,214.

Pharmacy Technician/Assistant is 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.

The annual average wage after completing Pharmacy Technician/Assistant is $103,847 and hourly $34.13. This statistics is based on the employment and wage data (May 2019) from Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Next table shows the possible occupation and job list with average income having Pharmacy Technician/Assistant degree/certificate.