3 accredited schools across the Lafayette metro area trained 68 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.
47 Pharmacy Tech credentials awarded in 2023–24 at this private for-profit career school, the most in the state. Published tuition and fees plus books and supplies come to $15,895 for a program of about 9 months.
This private nonprofit two-year college in Lafayette Parish graduated 18 Pharmacy Tech students in 2023–24. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $23,255.
3 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 $15,200 for a program of about 9 months.
3 accredited schools in the Lafayette, LA metro area graduated 68 Pharmacy Tech students in 2023–24. The largest was Unitech Training Academy-Lafayette with 47.
Among schools that published a program price, Infinity College in Lafayette listed the lowest total: $15,200 for tuition, books and supplies.
Pharmacy Technicians in the Lafayette, LA metro earn a median $40,180 a year ($19.32/hour), per BLS May 2025 data. That compares with $44,410 statewide and $45,750 nationally.
Certificate programs commonly take a few months to a year; associate-degree programs take about 2 years.