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Pharmacy-technician programs in Illinois on the federal training list, by published cost
40 programs in Illinois’s Training Provider Results index carry one of the occupation codes for Pharmacy technician (29-2052). Published costs run from $0 to $15; 0 programs report no cost and sit at the end. Sorted by the cost each provider reported — “cheapest” here means the lowest published figure on the federal list on the snapshot date, not a verdict on quality, and never a price you are promised. Snapshot taken 2026-09-02.
| # | Published cost basis | Program (provider’s page) · credential · code | Provider · city | Length | Exited | Completed | Employed Q2 after exit | Median earnings, Q2 (one quarter) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $0 | Pharmacy Technicial | Talent First PBC | 10 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | $1 | Pharmacy Technician Program | Spoon River College | 12 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | $1 | Online Pharmacy Technician Training | Parkland College | 24 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | $1 | Pharmacy Technician Program | Northeastern Illinois University | 52 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | $1 | Pharmacy Technician Training Program (NHA) | McHenry County College | 16 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | $1 | Pharmacy Technician Program with Clinical Externship | Sauk Valley Community College | 7 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | $1 | Pharmacy Technician Certificate | Illinois Central College | 12 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | $1 | Pharmacy Technician | Highland Community College | 52 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | $1 | Certified Pharmacy Technician | Scott School of Careers | 8 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | $1 | Pharmacy Technician | Illinois Valley Community College | 32 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | $1 | Pharmacy Technician Program - HLT 056 | Rock Valley College | 9 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | $1 | Pharmacy Technician (Voucher Included) | Lewis University | 52 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | $1 | Pharmacy Technician (Voucher Included) | Governors State University | 52 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 14 | $3 | Pharmacy Technician | Moraine Valley Community College | 12 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | $4 | Online Pharmacy Technician | Harper College | 14 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 16 | $4 | Pharmacy Technician Certificate | Rasmussen College | 40 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | $4 | Health Sciences - Associate of Applied Science Degree | Rasmussen College | 108 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | $5 | Pharmacy Technician Training Program | Harper College | 14 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | $6 | Pharmacy Tech | Danville Area Community College | 13 wk · 33 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | $6 | Certification Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) | Elgin Comm. College District #509 | 12 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 21 | $6 | Pharmacy Technician | Carl Sandburg College | 32 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | $6 | Pharmacy Technician Training Program | Heartland Community College | 12 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | $6 | Triton-Pharmacy Technician | Triton College | 52 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 24 | $9 | Pharmacy Technician | Kishwaukee College | 16 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | $9 | Pharmacy Technician Certificate 600 Hours | Northwest Suburban College | 30 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 26 | $10 | Pharmacy Technician Certificate | College Of DuPage | 16 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 27 | $10 | Adult ELA/HSE ICAPS Pharmacy Technician Certificate | College Of DuPage | 16 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 28 | $10 | Pharmacy Technician Certificate | Southeastern Illinois College | 16 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 29 | $12 | Pharmacy Technology (MXC) | Malcolm X College | 40 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 30 | $13 | Pharmacy Technician Certificate | Rend Lake College | 16 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 31 | $15 | Pharmacy Technician Certificate | Southwestern Illinois College | 16 wk · 40 hrs | 32 | — | 48% | $7,284 |
| 32 | $15 | Pharmacy Technician (Satelite site) Gift of Hope Building | Chicago State University-Gift of Hope Building | 10 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 33 | $15 | Pharmacy Technician | National College of Health | 8 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 34 | $15 | Pharmacy Technician Program | Tukiendorf Training Institute(CBCI) | 22 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 35 | $15 | Pharmacy Technician (voucher included) | Chicago State University | 52 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 36 | $15 | Pharmacy Technician | Prairie State College | 8 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 37 | $15 | Professional Pharmacy Technician Training Program | Morton College | 15 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 38 | $15 | Pharmacy Technician | Elim Outreach Training Center | 14 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 39 | $15 | Pharmacy Technician/Assistant | Oakton College | 16 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 40 | $15 | Pharmacy Technician Certificate | South Suburban College | 64 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
Source and date: U.S. Department of Labor, Training Provider Results — the open program index behind trainingproviderresults.gov, snapshot taken 2026-09-02 (3,236 programs for Illinois in the index that day); the site states the data cover programs approved as of June 30, 2025 and outcomes for July 1, 2021 – June 30, 2025. Cost is Out-of-Pocket Cost for a Non-WIOA Participant: Tuition and Requested Fees (DE111) where the provider reported it, otherwise Average number of dollars the training program received from each WIOA participant Individual Training Account (ITA) during the time period (DE138/DE135) — the basis is printed under each figure; books and supplies are added only when reported separately. “Completed” = Percent of All Students who completed the program (DE122/DE121); “Employed Q2” = Percent of All Students Exiters who were employed in the 2nd Quarter after Exit (DE123/DE129); “Median earnings” = Median Earnings in the 2nd Quarter after Exit of All Students that are Employed in the 2nd Quarter after Exit (DE125) — one calendar quarter, not a year. A dash means the federal file prints −1: Values displayed as "-1" indicate data that have been suppressed to protect confidentiality. Your local job center decides eligibility — this shows what is on the list and what it cost and produced, not whether you will be approved.
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This page sorts pharmacy-technician programs in Illinois by the cost their providers published. The Retraining ROI report takes one target occupation and one state, ranks every listed program by the employment its completers reported, and — if you give your current pay — prints a payback estimate per program with its basis. Built on order from the same federal record; free sample on that page.
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