4 accredited schools across the Tampa metro area trained 323 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.
178 Pharmacy Tech credentials awarded in 2023–24 at this private nonprofit two-year college, the most in the state.
This private for-profit career school in Hillsborough County graduated 125 Pharmacy Tech students in 2023–24, the 4th-most in the state.
Private for-profit two-year college in Tampa that reported 17 Pharmacy Tech graduates in 2023–24.
3 Pharmacy Tech credentials awarded in 2023–24 at this public two-year college. Published tuition and fees plus books and supplies come to $5,875 for a program of about 12 months.
4 accredited schools in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro area graduated 323 Pharmacy Tech students in 2023–24. The largest was Ultimate Medical Academy with 178.
Among schools that published a program price, H W Brewster Technical College in Tampa listed the lowest total: $5,875 for tuition, books and supplies.
Pharmacy Technicians in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro earn a median $43,370 a year ($20.85/hour), per BLS May 2025 data. That compares with $43,590 statewide and $45,750 nationally.
Certificate programs commonly take a few months to a year; associate-degree programs take about 2 years.