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Career Information for Pharmacy Technicians in Illinois

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Fast Facts for Pharmacy Technicians in Illinois

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: Danville, Kankakee, and Springfield
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Chicago, Bloomington, and Rockford
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Chicago, Peoria, and Springfield

Salaries for Pharmacy Technicians in Illinois

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: Danville, Chicago, and Bloomington. (See table at bottom of page)

Schools for Pharmacy Technicians in Illinois are listed below.

Selected Pharmacy Technician Schools in Illinois

These schools offer particularly quick info upon request, and we have written detailed profiles for each (click school names to see the profiles).

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Sanford Brown College
Hillside, Tinley Park

Students attend the school to gain practical skills directly useful in their chosen fields. Multiple campuses around St. Louis plus one in Milwaukee.

  • Programs: Pharmacy Technician, Pharmacy Technology
  • Degrees/Course Work: Certificate, Diploma
(Offerings vary by location; please request additional info.)

Everest College
Chicago, Merrionette Park, Skokie

Offers certificate programs, degree programs, and courses in 11 U.S. states with more than 35 locations. Online programs are also available.

  • Programs: Pharmacy Assistant, Pharmacy Technician
  • Degrees/Course Work: Diploma
(Offerings vary by location; please request additional info.)

Vatterott College
Quincy

Offers diploma and degree programs in health care, business, computer science, and technical fields. Located in several campus locations across the Midwest

  • Programs: Pharmacy Assistant, Pharmacy Office Assistant, Pharmacy Technician
  • Degrees/Course Work: Diploma

Rasmussen College
Aurora, Rockford, Romeoville

Offers career training and degree programs in allied health, business, justice studies, nursing, education, and technology. Located at 13 campuses across the U.S.

  • Programs: Pharmacy Technician
  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate
(Offerings vary by location; please request additional info.)

Northwestern College
Bridgeview, Chicago, Naperville

Offers Associate's degree programs in health care, information technology, business, and legal studies. Located on 3 campuses in the Chicago area

  • Programs: Pharmacy Technician
  • Degrees/Course Work: Certificate
(Offerings vary by location; please request additional info.)

Coyne College
Chicago

Do you realize that Coyne College in Chicago can train you for a better career? Programs offered include Heating, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration, Medical Assisting, Electronic Systems Technician, and more.

  • Programs: Pharmacy Technician
  • Degrees/Course Work: Diploma

Selected Online Schools for Pharmacy Technicians in Illinois

University of Phoenix Online
Online

Providing the flexibility of a 100% online education. Receive lectures, questions and assignments from instructors electronically. Students study them at their convenience.

  • Programs: Health Care Administration-Pharmacy Practice
  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate

Ashworth College
Online

Ashworth College (AU) provides online and campus based classes, in a flexible capacity so learning goes at the students pace during their free time.

  • Programs: Pharmacy Technician, Pharmacy Technology
  • Degrees/Course Work: Diploma

Stratford Career Institute
Online

Career training in several fields. Offered in a distance-learning format.

  • Programs: Pharmacist's Assistant
  • Degrees/Course Work: Diploma

More Illinois Pharmacy Technician Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
City Colleges of Chicago-Harry S Truman CollegeChicagoAssociate11,354
City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X CollegeChicagoAssociate6,031
City Colleges of Chicago-Olive-Harvey CollegeChicagoAssociate4,078
City Colleges of Chicago-Richard J Daley CollegeChicagoAssociate9,679
City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright CollegeChicagoAssociate10,993
College of DuPageGlen EllynAssociate25,768
Illinois Eastern Community Colleges-Lincoln Trail CollegeRobinsonAssociate1,445
Oakton Community CollegeDes PlainesAssociate10,805
Richland Community CollegeDecaturAssociate3,274
Saint Xavier UniversityChicagoMasters5,675
South Suburban CollegeSouth HollandAssociate6,260
Springfield College in IllinoisSpringfieldAssociate608
University of Illinois at ChicagoChicagoDoctorate & First Professional25,747

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Pharmacy Technicians

The map below shows job statistics for the career type by metro area, for Illinois. A table below the map shows job popularity and salaries across the state.

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:
Pharmacy Technicians

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Pharmacy Technicians relative to the population of the city, as of 2008. Salary data was obtained from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

A Relative Popularity of 1.0 means that the city has an average number of the particular job, for its population, compared to the rest of the US. Higher numbers mean proportionally more jobs of that type.
Metro AreaJobsSalary
(2008)
Relative
Popularity

ILLINOIS

   
Danville100$30,5902
Kankakee150 1.9
Springfield440$23,8101.9
Peoria740$25,8401.9
Decatur160$27,7501.6
Champaign340$26,1001.6
Rockford390$26,5801.1
Bloomington160$28,0601
Chicago9,700$28,9501
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