5 accredited schools across the Dallas metro area trained 82 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.
39 Pharmacy Tech credentials awarded in 2023–24 at this private for-profit career school. Published tuition and fees plus books and supplies come to $9,985 for a program of about 7 months.
25 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 $17,400 for a program of about 9 months.
9 Pharmacy Tech credentials awarded in 2023–24 at this private for-profit career school. Published tuition and fees plus books and supplies come to $9,084 for a program of about 7 months.
Private for-profit two-year college in Dallas that reported 7 Pharmacy Tech graduates in 2023–24.
2 Pharmacy Tech credentials awarded in 2023–24 at this private nonprofit two-year college. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $23,785.
5 accredited schools in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area graduated 82 Pharmacy Tech students in 2023–24. The largest was CCI Training Center-Arlington with 39.
Among schools that published a program price, CTK Healthcare & Career Institute in Irving listed the lowest total: $9,084 for tuition, books and supplies.
Pharmacy Technicians in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro earn a median $46,260 a year ($22.24/hour), per BLS May 2025 data. That compares with $45,900 statewide and $45,750 nationally.
Certificate programs commonly take a few months to a year; associate-degree programs take about 2 years.