Pharmacy technician training in Arizona
12 pharmacy technician programs with costs, results and funding that can make them free
12 schools offer these pharmacy technician programs, and Arizona has approved every one for workforce funding. Each shows its price if you pay yourself and how past students did.
Pharmacy technicians help pharmacists dispense medications, manage stock and serve customers. Many programs award a certificate after a year or less, most states regulate the work in some way, and some states and employers require certification.1 In Arizona, 1 of the 12 programs takes students without a high school diploma, and 9 are taught partly or fully online.
See the 12 programsHow much does pharmacy technician training cost in Arizona?
$3,149 to $14,256 is what most pharmacy technician programs in Arizona cost if you pay yourself
That is the middle half of the 12 programs with a price. All of them: $1,199 to $19,571
In the typical program
- Finished the program
- 61%
- Working 6 months later
- 100%
- Earned a year, estimated
- about $35,600
- Length
- Not reported for most programs
Source: US Department of Labor, program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025). Only programs approved for workforce funding are listed; other schools in Arizona may also offer pharmacy technician training. How these figures are made
Pharmacy technician training in Phoenix, Tucson, Show Low and other Arizona cities
Choosing an area filters the list below. 3 programs are online.
All 12 pharmacy technician programs in Arizona approved for WIOA funding
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12 programs
Pharmacy Technician - Diploma
Arizona College
Mesa
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$43,400Price if you pay yourself$11,895School website, Pharmacy Technician - Diploma at Arizona CollegeMore details about Pharmacy Technician - Diploma at Arizona College
- Finished
- 58%
- Working at 6 months
- 100%
- Earned in a quarter
- $10,858
- Length
- Not reported
- Cost of supplies
- $3,000
- Students counted
- 93
- a year, estimated
- $43,400
- price
- $11,895
Pharmacy Technician
Pima Medical Institute
Tucson
Prerequisite courses
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$14,5756 students trained with WIOA funding
School website, Pharmacy Technician at Pima Medical InstituteMore details about Pharmacy Technician at Pima Medical Institute
- Finished
- 69%
- Working at 6 months
- 100%
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 36 weeks, 35 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $1,410
- Students counted
- 75
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $14,575
- trained with WIOA funding
- 6
Pharmacy Technician - Diploma
Arizona College - Glendale Campus
Glendale
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$11,895School website, Pharmacy Technician - Diploma at Arizona College - Glendale CampusMore details about Pharmacy Technician - Diploma at Arizona College - Glendale Campus
- Finished
- 100%
- Working at 6 months
- 100%
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- Not reported
- Cost of supplies
- $3,000
- Students counted
- 74
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $11,895
Pharmacy Technology - Certificate
Pima Community College
Tucson
Prerequisite courses
Earned a year, estimated$20,700Price if you pay yourself$5,663Program website, Pharmacy Technology - Certificate at Pima Community CollegeMore details about Pharmacy Technology - Certificate at Pima Community College
- Finished
- 17%
- Working at 6 months
- 100%
- Earned in a quarter
- $5,178
- Length
- 32 weeks, 27 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $1,221
- Students counted
- 73
- a year, estimated
- $20,700
- price
- $5,663
Pharmacy Technician Certificate
Central Arizona College
Coolidge
Prerequisite courses
Earned a year, estimated$21,700Price if you pay yourself$3,200Program website, Pharmacy Technician Certificate at Central Arizona CollegeMore details about Pharmacy Technician Certificate at Central Arizona College
- Finished
- 13%
- Working at 6 months
- 100%
- Earned in a quarter
- $5,417
- Length
- 32 weeks, 26 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $800
- Students counted
- 62
- a year, estimated
- $21,700
- price
- $3,200
Pharmacy Technology
Carrington College - Tucson (formerly Apollo College)
Tucson
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$34,800Price if you pay yourself$19,571Program website, Pharmacy Technology at Carrington College - Tucson (formerly Apollo College)More details about Pharmacy Technology at Carrington College - Tucson (formerly Apollo College)
- Finished
- 65%
- Working at 6 months
- 46%
- Earned in a quarter
- $8,710
- Length
- Not reported
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 38
- a year, estimated
- $34,800
- price
- $19,571
Pharmacy Technician
Arizona's Virtual Pharmacy Tech School
Based in Phoenix, AZ
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$60,200Price if you pay yourself$4,00011 students trained with WIOA funding
Program website, Pharmacy Technician at Arizona's Virtual Pharmacy Tech SchoolMore details about Pharmacy Technician at Arizona's Virtual Pharmacy Tech School
- Finished
- 71%
- Working at 6 months
- 100%
- Earned in a quarter
- $15,060
- Length
- Not reported
- Cost of supplies
- $565
- Students counted
- 34
- a year, estimated
- $60,200
- price
- $4,000
- trained with WIOA funding
- 11
Pharmacy Technology
Carrington College
Mesa
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$36,400Price if you pay yourself$19,571Program website, Pharmacy Technology at Carrington CollegeMore details about Pharmacy Technology at Carrington College
- Finished
- 47%
- Working at 6 months
- 28%
- Earned in a quarter
- $9,100
- Length
- Not reported
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 31
- a year, estimated
- $36,400
- price
- $19,571
Pharmacy Technician
Pima Medical Institute
Mesa
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$14,150More details about Pharmacy Technician at Pima Medical Institute
- Finished
- 69%
- Working at 6 months
- 100%
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 36 weeks, 34 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $1,199
- Students counted
- 26
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $14,150
Pharmacy Technician - CP
Northland Pioneer College
Holbrook
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$1,908School website, Pharmacy Technician - CP at Northland Pioneer CollegeMore details about Pharmacy Technician - CP at Northland Pioneer College
- Finished
- 22%
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- Not reported
- Cost of supplies
- $320
- Students counted
- 15
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $1,908
Pharmacy Technician Professional
Penn Foster
Based in Scottsdale, AZ
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$1,199Program website, Pharmacy Technician Professional at Penn FosterMore details about Pharmacy Technician Professional at Penn Foster
- Finished
- Not reported
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- Not reported
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- Not reported
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $1,199
Pharmacy Technician
Coconino Community College
Based in Flagstaff, AZ
No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$2,995Program website, Pharmacy Technician at Coconino Community CollegeMore details about Pharmacy Technician at Coconino Community College
- Finished
- Not reported
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- Not reported
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- Not reported
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $2,995
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How to pay for pharmacy technician training in Arizona
WIOA funding can pay for pharmacy technician training in Arizona
Every program on this page is approved for WIOA funding: public workforce funding under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. It can pay for training for eligible adults, people who lost their job and young people.2People on public assistance, with a low income or lacking basic skills come first, and veterans have priority.3Your state or local area may limit how much WIOA pays and for how long. If a program costs more, a Pell Grant, a scholarship or severance pay can cover the rest.4
Ask at an American Job Center
Eligibility rules apply, and services vary from state to state. Your local American Job Center can tell you whether you qualify. The Department of Labor's page links to the center finder, or call 1-877-US-2JOBS (1-877-872-5627).5
Financial aid and grants for pharmacy technician training
Most students can get federal student aid for college, career school or trade school. A Federal Pell Grant, unlike a loan, usually doesn't have to be repaid. Ask the school whether its program qualifies.67
GI Bill for pharmacy technician training
Veterans, service members and qualified dependents can use GI Bill benefits for non-college training programs.8
The program list does not show which programs accept these. Ask the school.
Does WIOA pay for job training? Who qualifies and how to apply
Quick facts: Pharmacy technician training in Arizona
- programs with a price cost under $3,000
- 3 of 12
- lowest typical price among the states with enough programs to compare
- 39th of 40
- other states where the typical program's graduates earned less
- 17 of 18
- pharmacy technician programs here, against the typical state's 10
- 12 vs 10
State comparisons use the same figures as the pharmacy technician training by state table: the middle program of each state, and only states with three or more schools for prices. Source: US Department of Labor, program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025).
Where the Arizona pharmacy technician program numbers come from
Which Arizona pharmacy technician programs are on this list?
These are the pharmacy technician programs Arizona approved for WIOA funding (public workforce funding under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act), as reported to the US Department of Labor for program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025). Each state keeps its approved programs on an eligible training provider list (ETPL).9 The list here covers programs approved as of June 30, 2025. Schools that never applied for approval are missing, so this is a part of what Arizona offers.
How Arizona pharmacy technician program prices are reported
The price is tuition and required fees for someone paying without workforce funding, as the school reported it. "Trained with WIOA funding" on a program counts the people whose training there WIOA paid toward through a training account in program year 2024; the file never gives counts under 3, so a program without the line may still take WIOA students. It does not say how much of the price WIOA covered. Prices under $100 are treated as not reported, because the file holds many blanks entered as $0. Check the current price with the school.
What the graduate results of these programs measure
The figures at the top of this page are the middle program among those that report results: half did better, half did worse. Results describe students who left each program in recent years: the share who finished, the share working in the second quarter after leaving, and the middle earnings of those working in that quarter. States report earnings for that one quarter because they take them from the wage reports employers file every three months. The yearly figure here is that quarter times four, rounded to the nearest $100: an estimate, and an early one, since it is measured about half a year after training. The quarter as reported is under "More details" on each program. Results are withheld for small programs, and they describe past students, so they are no guarantee.
Why do some pharmacy technician programs say "Not reported"?
Where a school or the state left a field empty, or the Department of Labor withheld it, the page says "Not reported". Nothing here is estimated to fill a gap.
Why the kind of school is left off each program
The file also records whether a school is public, private or nonprofit, but those entries are wrong too often to print next to a school's name, so this page leaves them out.
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Sources for the facts about pharmacy technician training in Arizona
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- US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook: Pharmacy Technicians
- US Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov: About This Site
- US Department of Labor: WIOA Adult Program
- Code of Federal Regulations, title 20, part 680, sections 680.220 and 680.310: career services before training, and limits on Individual Training Accounts (GovInfo, 2024 edition)
- US Department of Labor: American Job Centers
- US Department of Education, Federal Student Aid: Eligibility for Federal Student Aid
- US Department of Education, Federal Student Aid: Don't Miss Out on Federal Pell Grants
- US Department of Veterans Affairs: GI Bill benefits for non-college degree programs
- US Department of Labor, Training and Employment Guidance Letter 8-19, Attachment I: Requirements for Training Providers, Program Eligibility, and the State Eligible Training Provider (ETP) List