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CIP 51.0805 · CLASSIFICATION 2020

Pharmacy Technician/Assistant.

A program that prepares individuals, under the supervision of pharmacists, to prepare medications, provide medications and related assistance to patients, and manage pharmacy clinical and business operations. Includes instruction in medical and pharmaceutical terminology, principles of pharmacology and pharmaceutics, drug identification, pharmacy laboratory procedures, prescription interpretation, patient communication and education, safety procedures, record-keeping, measurement and testing techniques, pharmacy business operations, prescription preparation, logistics and dispensing operations, and applicable standards and regulations.

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These institutions reported at least one first-major completion in this field in the connected reporting years ending 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. This shows historical award activity, not a complete list of available programs or an assurance that a course is accepting applications.

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Sources: NCES CIP 2020 classification and C2023_A.zip, C2024_A.zip, C2025_A.zip, C2020_A.zip, C2021_A.zip, C2022_A.zip, C2024_A.zip.

Connected Pharmacy Technician/Assistant award observations

Each row describes one ending year and award level for CIP 51.0805. Institution counts overlap across levels and years. Award counts are historical first-major awards, not unique people, available places, programme quality or a graduation rate.

Year endingAward levelReporting institutionsPositive awards
2025Certificate 1–2 years2033,892
2025Associate degree941,000
2025Certificate 2–4 years314
2025Certificate under 12 weeks993
2025Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year1373,061
2024Certificate 1–2 years2163,669
2024Associate degree961,189
2024Certificate 2–4 years313
2024Certificate under 12 weeks989
2024Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year1342,581
2023Certificate 1–2 years2373,269
2023Associate degree1011,239
2023Certificate 2–4 years317
2023Certificate under 12 weeks9133
2023Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year1282,049
2022Certificate 1–2 years2493,895
2022Associate degree1101,178
2022Certificate 2–4 years318
2022Certificate under 12 weeks893
2022Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year1292,146
2021Certificate 1–2 years2753,741
2021Associate degree1101,136
2021Certificate 2–4 years315
2021Certificate under 12 weeks10192
2021Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year1182,309
2020Certificate 1–2 years2903,659
2020Associate degree1201,300
2020Certificate 2–4 years228
2020Certificate under 12 weeks576
2020Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year1161,879

A year ending 2025 describes July 2024–June 2025. Do not add different years to estimate an entering class or current enrolment. Follow an institution's field link below to inspect the exact records.

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CIP 51.0805 is a reporting classification. The official definition above explains its scope, while a university may use a different programme title. Related fields in classification family 51 can involve different curricula and award levels.

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Institutions with reported graduates

523 institutions

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