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Pharmacy tech program at High Desert Medical College

Lancaster, CA · Private for-profit 2-year · (661) 940-9300 · School website

On California's WIOA eligible training provider list (DOL file dated June 30, 2025) School takes federal student aid (IPEDS) Accreditor on file: Accrediting Council for Continuing Education & Training

The program in figures

Tuition and fees, whole programIPEDS 2024-25, certificate (12 weeks to under 1 year)
Not reported
LengthIPEDS
Not reported
CompletionsIPEDS 2023-24, all levels
58
Graduates' earningsCollege Scorecard reports Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services as one group at this school
Not shown for this program alone
National median, same field, 4 years afterCollege Scorecard, all schools
$34,272
Typical pay for pharmacy techniciansBLS OEWS May 2025, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
$50,760

Every line comes from the federal file named under it. A blank means the source does not publish the figure for this program; we never estimate it.

About this program

High Desert Medical College awarded 58 pharmacy tech credentials in 2023-24 (IPEDS), its number 4 career program of 7 we list.

On California's WIOA eligible training provider list

People who meet WIOA's rules for training services can have their local workforce board pay for a program on the state's eligible training provider list. Limits vary by area. How WIOA training funds work.

Listed programTuition and feesLengthCompletedEmployed, 2nd quarterMedian earnings, 2nd quarterStudents who exited
Pharmacy Technician Hybrid-IDL)Pharmacy Technician · Hybrid (in person and online) · CIP 51.0805$16,536+ $2,997 books42 weeks, 18 hours a week78.9%60%Suppressed38

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov program file (ETA-9171): programs on state lists as of June 30, 2025; outcomes for all students who exited between July 2021 and June 2025, not only WIOA-funded ones. Median earnings are one quarter's pay in the second quarter after exit. Suppressed means DOL withheld the figure (a small group, nothing reported, or a data quality hold); for length it can also mean a competency-based program. Matched to this page by provider name, address and field of study (CIP code).

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