2 accredited schools across the Slidell metro area trained 28 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.
Public two-year college in Lacombe that reported 21 Pharmacy Tech graduates in 2023–24. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $3,214.
This private for-profit career school in St. Tammany Parish graduated 7 Pharmacy Tech students in 2023–24. Published tuition and fees plus books and supplies come to $15,859 for a program of about 9 months.
2 accredited schools in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA metro area graduated 28 Pharmacy Tech students in 2023–24. The largest was Northshore Technical Community College with 21.
Among schools that published a program price, Delta College Inc in Covington listed the lowest total: $15,859 for tuition, books and supplies.
Pharmacy Technicians in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA metro earn a median $45,700 a year ($21.97/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.