Pharmacy technician training in Colorado
13 pharmacy technician programs with costs, results and funding that can make them free
9 schools offer these pharmacy technician programs, and Colorado 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 Colorado, 6 of the 13 programs take students without a high school diploma, and 6 are taught partly or fully online.
See the 13 programsHow much does pharmacy technician training cost in Colorado?
$1,595 to $4,199 is what most pharmacy technician programs in Colorado cost if you pay yourself
That is the middle half of the 13 programs with a price. All of them: $755 to $10,232
In the typical program
- Finished the program
- 61%
- Working 6 months later
- 46%
- Earned a year, estimated
- about $27,000
- 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 Colorado may also offer pharmacy technician training. How these figures are made
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All 13 pharmacy technician programs in Colorado approved for WIOA funding
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Pharmacy Technician Professional
Medcerts LLC
Livonia, MI
High school diploma or equivalent
Classes are outside Colorado; Colorado approved the program for its funding.
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$4,000School website, Pharmacy Technician Professional at Medcerts LLCMore details about Pharmacy Technician Professional at Medcerts LLC
- Finished
- 65%
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- Not reported
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 206
Listed 2 times in the state's file with differing results. Shown: the listing with the most students.
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $4,000
Pharmacy Technician Specialist
Medcerts LLC
Livonia, MI
High school diploma or equivalent
Classes are outside Colorado; Colorado approved the program for its funding.
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$2,700School website, Pharmacy Technician Specialist at Medcerts LLCMore details about Pharmacy Technician Specialist at Medcerts LLC
- Finished
- 96%
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- Not reported
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 139
Listed 2 times in the state's file with differing results. Shown: the listing with the most students.
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $2,700
Medication Care Coordinator Program
Medcerts LLC
Livonia, MI
High school diploma or equivalent
Classes are outside Colorado; Colorado approved the program for its funding.
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$4,000Program website, Medication Care Coordinator Program at Medcerts LLCMore details about Medication Care Coordinator Program at Medcerts LLC
- Finished
- 100%
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- Not reported
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 131
Listed 2 times in the state's file with differing results. Shown: the listing with the most students.
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $4,000
Pharmacy Technician
Front Range Community College
Westminster
No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimated$42,800Price if you pay yourself$4,4743 students trained with WIOA funding
Program website, Pharmacy Technician at Front Range Community CollegeMore details about Pharmacy Technician at Front Range Community College
- Finished
- 42%
- Working at 6 months
- 65%
- Earned in a quarter
- $10,701
- Length
- Not reported
- Cost of supplies
- $1,460
- Students counted
- 125
- a year, estimated
- $42,800
- price
- $4,474
- trained with WIOA funding
- 3
Pharmacy Technician 2
Pikes Peak State College
Colorado Springs
No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimated$39,800Price if you pay yourself$10,232School website, Pharmacy Technician 2 at Pikes Peak State CollegeMore details about Pharmacy Technician 2 at Pikes Peak State College
- Finished
- 24%
- Working at 6 months
- 38%
- Earned in a quarter
- $9,957
- Length
- Not reported
- Cost of supplies
- $4,500
- Students counted
- 92
- a year, estimated
- $39,800
- price
- $10,232
Pharmacy Technician
Penn Foster
Scranton
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$999School website, Pharmacy Technician at Penn FosterMore details about Pharmacy Technician at Penn Foster
- Finished
- 15%
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- Not reported
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 86
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $999
Pharmacy Technician Program (ASHP)
Career Step LLC
Lehi, UT
High school diploma or equivalent
Classes are outside Colorado; Colorado approved the program for its funding.
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$4,199Program website, Pharmacy Technician Program (ASHP) at Career Step LLCMore details about Pharmacy Technician Program (ASHP) at Career Step LLC
- Finished
- 23%
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- Not reported
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 63
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $4,199
Pharmacy Technician/Assistance
Pharmakeia Pre-Pharmaceutical School LLC
Denver
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$755Program website, Pharmacy Technician/Assistance at Pharmakeia Pre-Pharmaceutical School LLCMore details about Pharmacy Technician/Assistance at Pharmakeia Pre-Pharmaceutical School LLC
- Finished
- 96%
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 40 weeks, 40 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $245
- Students counted
- 51
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $755
Pharmacy Technician
Pickens Technical College
Aurora
No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$1,595More details about Pharmacy Technician at Pickens Technical College
- Finished
- 69%
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- Not reported
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 43
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $1,595
Pharmacy Technician 1
Pikes Peak State College
Colorado Springs
No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimated$23,500Price if you pay yourself$5,127School website, Pharmacy Technician 1 at Pikes Peak State CollegeMore details about Pharmacy Technician 1 at Pikes Peak State College
- Finished
- 18%
- Working at 6 months
- 46%
- Earned in a quarter
- $5,864
- Length
- Not reported
- Cost of supplies
- $2,700
- Students counted
- 28
- a year, estimated
- $23,500
- price
- $5,127
Pharmacy Technician
Pueblo Community College
Pueblo
No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimated$13,700Price if you pay yourself$2,634Program website, Pharmacy Technician at Pueblo Community CollegeMore details about Pharmacy Technician at Pueblo Community College
- Finished
- 82%
- Working at 6 months
- 68%
- Earned in a quarter
- $3,419
- Length
- Not reported
- Cost of supplies
- $556
- Students counted
- 23
- a year, estimated
- $13,700
- price
- $2,634
Pharmacy Technician 2
Pueblo Community College
Pueblo
No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimated$27,000Price if you pay yourself$2,634Program website, Pharmacy Technician 2 at Pueblo Community CollegeMore details about Pharmacy Technician 2 at Pueblo Community College
- Finished
- 58%
- Working at 6 months
- 33%
- Earned in a quarter
- $6,758
- Length
- Not reported
- Cost of supplies
- $556
- Students counted
- 13
- a year, estimated
- $27,000
- price
- $2,634
Pharmacy Technician Program
Aims Community College
Greeley
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$899School website, Pharmacy Technician Program at Aims Community CollegeMore details about Pharmacy Technician Program at Aims Community College
- Finished
- Not reported
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 3 weeks, 50 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- Not reported
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $899
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How to pay for pharmacy technician training in Colorado
WIOA funding can pay for pharmacy technician training in Colorado
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 Colorado
- programs with a price cost under $2,000
- 4 of 13
- lowest typical price among the states with enough programs to compare
- 15th of 40
- other states where the typical program's graduates earned less
- 11 of 18
- pharmacy technician programs here, against the typical state's 10
- 13 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 Colorado pharmacy technician program numbers come from
Which Colorado pharmacy technician programs are on this list?
These are the pharmacy technician programs Colorado 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 Colorado offers.
How Colorado 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.
How reliable are the Colorado figures?
The US Department of Labor's own results site lists Colorado among the states with "known data quality concerns".10 The figures here are shown as the state reported them; check them with the school before you enroll.
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Sources for the facts about pharmacy technician training in Colorado
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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
- US Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov: search page, note on states with known data quality concerns