Earn a Pharmacy Technician Degree from Rasmussen College

Note: Degree offered at Mankato, St. Cloud, and Eagan, MN; Ocala and Pasco County, FL; Rockford and Aurora, IL; and Green Bay, WI.

Help People Live Healthier Lives with a Pharmacy Technician Degree

Every day, Pharmacy Technicians help improve the quality of life for many people in their communities. Rasmussen College is proud to offer a Pharmacy Technician degree program that will teach you the skills you need to become successful in this vital industry. With Pharmacy Technician training from Rasmussen College, you can be on your way to a career helping people live healthier lives, in just two years.

Pharmacy Technicians are the Pharmacist’s "right hand", and after graduating from our Pharmacy Technician degree program, you will be ready to work alongside Pharmacists, interpreting prescriptions, counting medications and working with customers. In addition, with Pharmacy Technician training, you will be able to differentiate between different drugs, understand medical abbreviations and terminology and develop advanced customer service skills.

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Rasmussen College Makes it Easier to Earn a Pharmacy Technician Degree

At Rasmussen College, our flexible scheduling options allow you to complete your classes, while you maintain your family, job, and other responsibilities. Earning a degree is more possible than ever with the complete student focus you receive while studying with us.

Call us today at (888) 549-6755 for more information about our Pharmacy Technician degree. One of our Admission Representatives will be happy to answer all of your questions.

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What You Will Learn in the Pharmacy Technician Degree Program

Through our Pharmacy Technician training, we prepare our students to sit for the Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam (PTCE), in order to help them become Certified Pharmacy Technicians (CPhT). Employers know that individuals who pass this voluntary exam have a standardized body of knowledge and skills. Many employers also will reimburse the costs of the exam as an incentive for certification.

  • Anatomy and Physiology
  • Medical Terminology
  • Medical Legal and Ethical Issues
  • Pharmacology
  • Pharmacy Math and Dosages
  • Pharmacy/Insurance Billing Software
  • Professional Communication
  • Success Strategies

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What Pharmacy Technicians Do

Pharmacy Technicians have many important responsibilities that affect the health of people in their communities and beyond.

  • Manage pharmacy aides/assistants
  • Accept/interpret prescriptions for filling
  • Compound pharmaceuticals or medical preparations
  • Stock, organize, or label pharmaceutical supplies
  • Maintain customer records, reports, or files
  • Store pharmaceutical supplies or filled prescriptions
  • Establish procedures concerning quality assurance
  • Keep record of medication or equipment dispensed to patient
  • Measure, weigh, or count products or materials
  • Mix ingredients or chemicals according to specifications
  • Understand drug products
  • Insurance company billing
  • Understand government health regulations
  • Understand properties or composition of drugs, including multiple interactions
  • …Plus more!

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