4 accredited schools across the Sacramento metro area trained 124 pharmacy technicians in 2023–24. Here’s how they compare on cost, length and size, plus what the job pays locally.
Updated October 2026 · Data: IPEDS 2023–24, BLS May 2025
Sorted by number of 2023–24 graduates (IPEDS), a proxy for program size and stability.
60 Pharmacy Tech credentials awarded in 2023–24 at this private for-profit four-year institution.
28 Pharmacy Tech credentials awarded in 2023–24 at this private for-profit two-year college. Published tuition and fees plus books and supplies come to $27,470 for a program of about 19 months.
19 Pharmacy Tech credentials awarded in 2023–24 at this public career school. Published tuition and fees plus books and supplies come to $11,207 for a program of about 10 months.
17 Pharmacy Tech credentials awarded in 2023–24 at this public two-year college. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $0 ($11,520 out of state).
4 accredited schools in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA metro area graduated 124 Pharmacy Tech students in 2023–24. The largest was Carrington College-Sacramento with 60.
Among schools that published a program price, Charles A Jones Career and Education Center in Sacramento listed the lowest total: $11,207 for tuition, books and supplies.
Pharmacy Technicians in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA metro earn a median $58,470 a year ($28.11/hour), per BLS May 2025 data. That compares with $55,110 statewide and $45,750 nationally.
Certificate programs commonly take a few months to a year; associate-degree programs take about 2 years.