Pharmacy technician training in Nebraska
12 pharmacy technician programs with costs, results and funding that can make them free
9 schools offer these pharmacy technician programs, and Nebraska 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 Nebraska, 2 of the 12 programs take students without a high school diploma, and 8 are taught partly or fully online.
See the 12 programsHow much does pharmacy technician training cost in Nebraska?
$1,949 to $4,000 is what most pharmacy technician programs in Nebraska cost if you pay yourself
That is the middle half of the 12 programs with a price. All of them: $700 to $6,868
In the typical program
- Finished the program
- 67%
- Working 6 months later
- Too few programs to say
- Earned a year, estimated
- Too few programs to say
- Length
- 16 to 27 weeks
Source: US Department of Labor, program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025). Only programs approved for workforce funding are listed; other schools in Nebraska may also offer pharmacy technician training. How these figures are made
Pharmacy technician training in Omaha, Lincoln, Sioux City and other Nebraska cities
Choosing an area filters the list below. 2 in smaller cities and towns and 5 online.
All 12 pharmacy technician programs in Nebraska approved for WIOA funding
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12 programs
Pharmacy Technician Specialist - Certificate of Completion
MedCerts, LLC
Based in Livonia, MI
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$2,700Program website, Pharmacy Technician Specialist - Certificate of Completion at MedCerts, LLCMore details about Pharmacy Technician Specialist - Certificate of Completion at MedCerts, LLC
- Finished
- 69%
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 16 weeks, 16 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 655
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $2,700
Pharmacy Technician Professional (ASHP/ACPE) - Certificate of Completion
MedCerts, LLC
Based in Livonia, MI
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$4,000Program website, Pharmacy Technician Professional (ASHP/ACPE) - Certificate of Completion at MedCerts, LLCMore details about Pharmacy Technician Professional (ASHP/ACPE) - Certificate of Completion at MedCerts, LLC
- Finished
- 34%
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 25 weeks, 16 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 354
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $4,000
Medication Care Coordinator - Certificate of Completion
MedCerts, LLC
Based in Livonia, MI
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$4,000Program website, Medication Care Coordinator - Certificate of Completion at MedCerts, LLCMore details about Medication Care Coordinator - Certificate of Completion at MedCerts, LLC
- Finished
- 63%
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 24 weeks, 16 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 87
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $4,000
Pharmacy Technician - Certificate of Completion; Licensure
Metropolitan Community College
Omaha
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$61,300Price if you pay yourself$2,000School website, Pharmacy Technician - Certificate of Completion; Licensure at Metropolitan Community CollegeMore details about Pharmacy Technician - Certificate of Completion; Licensure at Metropolitan Community College
- Finished
- 88%
- Working at 6 months
- 20%
- Earned in a quarter
- $15,332
- Length
- 15 weeks, 6 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $300
- Students counted
- 34
- a year, estimated
- $61,300
- price
- $2,000
Pharmacy Technician - AAS
Central Community College
Grand Island
No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimated$71,600Price if you pay yourself$6,832School website, Pharmacy Technician - AAS at Central Community CollegeMore details about Pharmacy Technician - AAS at Central Community College
- Finished
- 100%
- Working at 6 months
- 100%
- Earned in a quarter
- $17,901
- Length
- 64 weeks, 15 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $3,050
- Students counted
- 32
- a year, estimated
- $71,600
- price
- $6,832
Pharmacy Technician - Diploma, State License
Southeast Community College
Lincoln
Prerequisite courses
Earned a year, estimated$31,700Price if you pay yourself$3,751School website, Pharmacy Technician - Diploma, State License at Southeast Community CollegeMore details about Pharmacy Technician - Diploma, State License at Southeast Community College
- Finished
- 64%
- Working at 6 months
- 79%
- Earned in a quarter
- $7,925
- Length
- 32 weeks, 40 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $750
- Students counted
- 26
- a year, estimated
- $31,700
- price
- $3,751
Pharmacy Technician - Diploma
Western Iowa Tech Community College
Sioux City, IA
High school diploma or equivalent
Classes are outside Nebraska; Nebraska approved the program for its funding.
Earned a year, estimated$15,300Price if you pay yourself$6,868Program website, Pharmacy Technician - Diploma at Western Iowa Tech Community CollegeMore details about Pharmacy Technician - Diploma at Western Iowa Tech Community College
- Finished
- Not reported
- Working at 6 months
- 33%
- Earned in a quarter
- $3,816
- Length
- 20 weeks, 10 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $408
- Students counted
- 18
- a year, estimated
- $15,300
- price
- $6,868
Pharmacy Technician - Nebraska Licensure
Fulton Homes Education Center
Omaha
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$700Program website, Pharmacy Technician - Nebraska Licensure at Fulton Homes Education CenterMore details about Pharmacy Technician - Nebraska Licensure at Fulton Homes Education Center
- Finished
- Not reported
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 4 weeks, 40 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- Not reported
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $700
Pharmacy Technician - Pharmacy Technician Certification (PTC)
Weston Distance Learning (dba US Career Institute)
Based in Fort Collins, CO
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$1,279Program website, Pharmacy Technician - Pharmacy Technician Certification (PTC) at Weston Distance Learning (dba US Career Institute)More details about Pharmacy Technician - Pharmacy Technician Certification (PTC) at Weston Distance Learning (dba US Career Institute)
- Finished
- Not reported
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 20 weeks, 20 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $2,120
- Students counted
- Not reported
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $1,279
Pharmacy Technician - Certificate of Comleton; Certification
Iowa Western Community College
Council Bluffs, IA
High school diploma or equivalent
Classes are outside Nebraska; Nebraska approved the program for its funding.
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$1,795Program website, Pharmacy Technician - Certificate of Comleton; Certification at Iowa Western Community CollegeMore details about Pharmacy Technician - Certificate of Comleton; Certification at Iowa Western Community College
- Finished
- Not reported
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 16 weeks, 13 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $283
- Students counted
- Not reported
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $1,795
Pharmacy Technician - Diploma
Central Community College
Grand Island
No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$3,808School website, Pharmacy Technician - Diploma at Central Community CollegeMore details about Pharmacy Technician - Diploma at Central Community College
- Finished
- Not reported
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 32 weeks, 15 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $1,550
- Students counted
- Not reported
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $3,808
Pharmacy Technician Professional (ASHP/ACPE)
Union College
Based in Lincoln, NE
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$4,000Program website, Pharmacy Technician Professional (ASHP/ACPE) at Union CollegeMore details about Pharmacy Technician Professional (ASHP/ACPE) at Union College
- Finished
- Not reported
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 25 weeks, 16 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- Not reported
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $4,000
No programs match these filters.
How to pay for pharmacy technician training in Nebraska
WIOA funding can pay for pharmacy technician training in Nebraska
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 Nebraska
- programs with a price cost under $2,000
- 3 of 12
- lowest typical price among the states with enough programs to compare
- 29th of 40
- 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 Nebraska pharmacy technician program numbers come from
Which Nebraska pharmacy technician programs are on this list?
These are the pharmacy technician programs Nebraska 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 Nebraska offers.
How Nebraska 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 Nebraska
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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