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Brookings, South Dakota has 3 accredited schools offering pharmacy technician programs, with tuition ranging from $6,491 to $20,414 per year for indexed programs. Brookings has a population of about 23,710. Median household income is $61,979 (Census ACS 2023, 5-year). About 49.7% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree or higher. In South Dakota, the top-earning pharmacy technician-related role is Health Technologist and Technician at a median $52,970 annually (BLS, May 2025).
The accredited institutions listed below are the closest in our directory that offer pharmacy technician programs near Brookings, ranked by BOC Score and straight-line distance from Brookings city center. The list is rebuilt from federal IPEDS data on every site update.
Every school list on this site is ordered by the BOC Score, computed from the most recent school-level data published by the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and IPEDS). To qualify, a school must be currently operating and accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Each eligible school is then scored on five measures, percentile-ranked against schools at the same credential level:
Schools without enough outcome data appear after ranked schools, without a score. On this page, schools are ordered by distance from Brookings. Advertising never affects these rankings. Read the full methodology.
Source:Accreditor: Higher Learning CommissionIPEDSCollege Scorecard
Source: IPEDS / College Scorecard (2023 cohort). Browse all South Dakota schools on the South Dakota pharmacy technician page.
| Occupation | Median Annual Wage (South Dakota, statewide) |
|---|---|
| Pharmacy Technician | $46,170 |
| Health Technologist and Technician | $52,970 |
Source: BLS, May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes wage data at the metro (MSA) and state level – not by individual city.
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 23,710 | Census ACS 2023 5-yr (B01003) |
| Median household income | $61,979 | Census ACS 2023 5-yr (B19013) |
| Adults 25+ with bachelor’s+ | 49.7% | Census ACS 2023 5-yr (B15003) |
Our directory has 3 accredited schools offering pharmacy technician programs near Brookings. The closest is Southeast Technical College in Sioux Falls, SD (50.7 miles), and the farthest of the schools shown is Northwest Iowa Community College (90.3 miles). 3 of the highlighted schools are flagged as offering distance education.
Based on BLS May 2025 state wage data, the top-paying pharmacy technician-related roles in South Dakota are: Health Technologist and Technician ($52,970), Pharmacy Technician ($46,170). Wages for Brookings workers will track these statewide medians, adjusted for local cost of living.
Watertown, SD is 45.7 miles from Brookings and has its own set of local pharmacy technician programs – see the city’s page. For online programs, distance matters less; for hybrid or in-person formats, comparing both can help.
Brookings’s median household income of $61,979 (Census ACS 2023) is one input. Online programs let students stay in Brookings while attending lower-cost out-of-state schools, and South Dakota public universities often offer reduced in-state online tuition.
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Compare every accredited online degree program with city-level data for Brookings:
Data verified: August 25, 2026. Salary, employment, and tuition figures on this page are sourced from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS May 2025; Employment Projections 2024–2034) and the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (2023 cohort). The source agency and data year are cited inline with every statistic.
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