California Pharmacy Technician Colleges

Here is a list of California pharmacy technician colleges which offer a wide variety of degrees and diplomas in the pharmacy field. We've also gathered information about a career as a pharmacy technician, located at the bottom of this page. Click on a college to find more specific information or just scroll down the page through all the colleges and their programs.

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Academy of Professional Careers

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Locations: San Diego, CA / San Marcos, CA

  • Pharmacy Technician (Diploma)
    Students will receive the hands-on training and knowledge required to open their own business or to function effectively in massage clinics, spas, hospitals, doctors' offices, sporting events and more.

American Career College

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Locations: Los Angeles, CA / Norco, CA / Anaheim, CA

  • Pharmacy Technician (Certificate)

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Career Colleges of America

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Locations: Los Angeles, CA / San Bernardino, CA / South Gate, CA

  • Pharmacy Technician (Diploma)
    Upon successful completion of the training, the graduate will be able to identify and understand drug nomenclature, dosage forms, routes of administration, and abbreviations used in pharmacy; identify the most common medications by their trade and generic names; perform conversions and/or calculations of weights and measures; understand California pharmacy law; understand basic pharmacology; and perform pharmacy operations of the Drug Distribution system, sterile product preparation, and outpatient areas.

Career Networks Institute

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Locations: Costa Mesa, CA

  • Pharmacy Technician (Diploma)

Central Coast College

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Locations: Salinas, CA

  • Pharmacy Technician (Diploma)
    Pharmacy Technicians are registered by the State of California and can work either in hospital pharmacies or in retail drug stores. Our intensive program is designed to prepare you for the workplace.

Clarita Career College

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Locations: Santa Clarita, CA / Lancaster, CA / Long Beach, CA

  • Pharmacy Technician (Diploma)
    The Pharmacy Technician program has been designed to prepare students for entry-level employment as an entry-level assistant to a licensed pharmacist. Employment opportunities include positions in hospitals, medical centers, skilled nursing facilities, private pharmacies, outpatient clinics, and pharmaceutical companies.

CSI Career College

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Locations: Vacaville, CA

  • Pharmacy Technician (Certificate)
    Emphasis will be placed on information necessary for students to take & pass the National Certification Exam through the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB).

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Everest College

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Locations: Anaheim, CA / Alhambra, CA / City of Industry, CA / Los Angeles, CA / San Francisco, CA / San Jose, CA / Torrance, CA / West Los Angeles, CA

  • Pharmacy Technician (Diploma)
    Our program will provide you with strong academic and clinical backgrounds in the areas of: pharmacy administration, anatomy and physiology, medical terminology and Pharmacology.

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Foothill College

Locations: Palo Alto, CA

Four-D College

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Locations: Colton, CA

  • Pharmacy Technician (Certificate)

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High-Tech Institute

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Locations: Sacramento, CA

  • Pharmacy Technician (Diploma)
    Pharmacy Technicians help licensed pharmacists provide medication and other health care products to patients. Technicians usually perform routine tasks to help prepare prescribed medication for patients, such as counting tablets and labeling bottles. Technicians refer any questions regarding prescriptions, drug information, or health matters to a pharmacist.

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Institute of Technology

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Locations: Clovis, CA / Modesto, CA / Roseville, CA / Sacramento, CA

  • Pharmacy Technician (Diploma)

InterCoast College

Locations: Burbank, CA / Carson, CA / Orange, CA / Riverside, CA / West Covina, CA

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Maric College

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Locations: Palm Springs, CA / North Hollywood, CA

  • Pharmacy Technician (Certificate)
  • Pharmacy Technician (Diploma)
    General duties include transcribing physicians' orders and hospital charts, drug product selection, preparation of medication for dispensing, labeling and refill authorization, computer data entry for patient profile maintenance, and procedures for acquiring all necessary information. They also assist in quality management procedures and security measures.

Milan Institute

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Locations: Indio, CA

  • Pharmacy Technician (Diploma)
    Students will receive the hands-on training and knowledge required to open their own business or to function effectively in massage clinics, spas, hospitals, doctors' offices, sporting events and more.

Mission College

Locations: Santa Clara, CA

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North-West College

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Locations: Pasadena, CA / West Covina, CA

  • Pharmacy Technician (Diploma)

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San Joaquin Valley College

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Locations: Bakersfield, CA / Fresno, CA / Rancho Cucamonga, CA / Visalia, CA / Rancho Cordova, CA

  • Pharmacy Technician (Associate's Degree)
    SJVC's Pharmacy Technology program prepares you to work under the direct supervision of a Registered Pharmacist as part of a team responsible for carrying out a doctor's pharmaceutical orders. Pharmacy Technicians assist in the various activities of compounding, distributing and dispensing of medications.
  • Pharmacy Technology (Associate's Degree)
    SJVC's Pharmacy Technology program prepares you to work under the direct supervision of a Registered Pharmacist as part of a team responsible for carrying out a doctor's pharmaceutical orders. Pharmacy Technicians assist in the various activities of compounding, distributing and dispensing of medications.

Santa Barbara Business College

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Locations: Santa Maria, CA / Bakersfield, CA / Palm Desert, CA

  • Pharmacy Technician (Associate's Degree)
    This program prepares students to support licensed pharmacists by assisting during patient consultation, counter dispensing and prescription preparation. In either a retail or hospital pharmacy, technicians may stock and inventory prescriptive and over-the-counter medication, maintain written or computerized patient medication records, count and pour medication into dispensing containers, assemble daily supplies of medication, repackage medication, prepare commercially unavailable medication, and deliver medication to patient rooms.
  • Pharmacy Technician (Diploma)
    This program prepares students to support licensed pharmacists by assisting during patient consultation, counter dispensing and prescription preparation. In either a retail or hospital pharmacy, technicians may stock and inventory prescriptive and over-the-counter medication, maintain written or computerized patient medication records, count and pour medication into dispensing containers, assemble daily supplies of medication, repackage medication, prepare commercially unavailable medication, and deliver medication to patient rooms.

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Trinity College

Locations: Fairfield, CA

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UEI

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Locations: El Monte, CA / Ontario, CA / Van Nuys, CA / San Bernardino, CA / San Diego, CA

  • Pharmacy Technician (Diploma)
    Pharmacy Technicians assist Pharmacists in a variety of tasks involving the packaging, distribution, compounding, labeling and recording of drugs. UEI's Program can prepare you to work along side a Registered Pharmacist in just eight months.

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Valley Career College

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Locations: El Cajon, CA

  • Pharmacy Technician (Certificate)

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Western Career College

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Locations: Emeryville, CA / San Jose, CA / Antioch, CA / Pleasant Hill, CA / Sacramento, CA / San Leandro, CA / Citrus Heights, CA / Stockton, CA

  • Pharmacy Technician (Associate's Degree)
    The purpose of this program is to provide the student with the theory and hands-on experience necessary for an entry-level position as a pharmacy technician capable of working in any pharmacy environment.
  • Pharmacy Technician (Diploma)
    The purpose of this program is to provide the student with the theory and hands-on experience necessary for an entry-level position as a pharmacy technician capable of working in any pharmacy environment.
  • Pharmacy Technology (Associate's Degree)
    The purpose of this program is to provide the student with the theory and hands-on experience necessary for an entry-level position as a pharmacy technician capable of working in any pharmacy environment.
  • Pharmacy Technology (Diploma)
    The purpose of this program is to provide the student with the theory and hands-on experience necessary for an entry-level position as a pharmacy technician capable of working in any pharmacy environment.

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Pharmacy Technician Career Information

Pharmacy technicians help licensed pharmacists provide medication and other healthcare products to patients. Technicians usually perform routine tasks to help prepare prescribed medication for patients, such as counting technician programs usually provide the student with the basic knowledge of and practice in pharmacy calculations, and drug distribution systems. Pharmacology, pharmaceutical, and medical terminology will be covered by most curriculums. Pharmaceutical programs also emphasize theory, as well as hands-on practice. A California pharmacy technician college will jump start your career as a pharmacy technician.

Pharmacy Technician Salary Information

Median hourly earnings of pharmacy technicians in 2000 were $9.93.

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