Pharmacy Tech Programs in the Tampa area

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro area

Programs

3 within 10 miles

Median pay here

$43,370

pharmacy technicians, BLS May 2025

Lowest listed cost

$3,066

of 4 with a cost, DOL WIOA list and IPEDS

Pharmacy Tech Programs in the Tampa area at a glance

Open to the public: 7 programs: 5 at colleges and schools (IPEDS), 2 known only from the WIOA list
Distance from Tampa: 3 within 10 miles; nearest 2.7 miles, farthest 20.7 miles
Listed program cost: 4 of 7 list one: $3,066 to $5,975, middle $3,615 (DOL WIOA list and IPEDS)
Program length: 2 colleges list a length: 8 months to 12 months (IPEDS)
Length on the WIOA list: 2 listed programs give weeks: 12 to 24 weeks full time
Completions, 2023-24: 323 pharmacy tech awards at the 4 colleges that reported any (IPEDS)
On the WIOA list: 2 of 7 on Florida's eligible training list (DOL file, June 30, 2025)
Pay here: $43,370 median for pharmacy technicians ($20.85 an hour); 10th to 90th percentile $35,880 to $56,080; 6,200 employed in the metro area; Florida median $43,590 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)

Program	Where	Type	Program cost	Length	Completions	Miles
Aguilas International Technical Institute	Tampa	Certificate	$5,975	8 months	125	2.7
Concorde Career Institute-Tampa	Tampa	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	17	3.5
H W Brewster Technical College	Tampa	Certificate	$3,066	12 months	3	6.4
Ultimate Medical Academy	Clearwater	Associate	Not reported	Not reported	178	13.6
Genuine Healthcare Institute, LLCWIOA list	Saint Petersburg	WIOA list only	$3,500	Not reported		15.3
Suncoast Career AcademyWIOA list	Brandon	WIOA list only	$3,615	Not reported		17.3
Pasco-Hernando State College	New Port Richey	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	0	20.7

WIOA in Florida: 2,364 programs are on the state's list in the U.S. DOL file, 22 of them Pharmacy tech.
Pell Grants for short programs
Workforce Pell
GI Bill