CNA classes in Minneapolis
10 CNA programs with costs, results and funding that can make them free
9 schools offer these nursing assistant programs with classes in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington area, and every one is approved for workforce funding. Each shows its price if you pay yourself and how past students did.
Nursing assistants give basic care and help patients with everyday tasks. To work as one, you usually finish a state-approved program and pass your state's competency exam, which puts you on the state registry.1 In Minneapolis, 1 of the 10 programs take students without a high school diploma.
See the 10 programsAll 39 CNA programs in Minnesota, including online programs
How much do CNA classes cost in Minneapolis?
$748 to $830
is what most programs cost if you pay yourself
All 10 programs with a price: $662 to $870
- Finished the program
- 91%
- Working 6 months later
- 72%
- Earned a year, estimated
- about $18,900
- Length
- 30 weeks
Source: US Department of Labor, program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025). How these figures are made
All 10 CNA programs in Minneapolis approved for funding
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10 programs
Nursing Assistant/Home Health Aide
Anoka Technical College, Anoka
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$21,100Price if you pay yourself$860Program website, Nursing Assistant/Home Health Aide at Anoka Technical CollegeMore details about Nursing Assistant/Home Health Aide at Anoka Technical College
- Finished
- 64%
- Working at 6 months
- 81%
- Earned in a quarter
- $5,268
- Length
- 30 weeks, 5 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 1,356
- a year, estimated
- $21,100
- price
- $860
Nursing Assistant/Home Health Aide
Saint Paul College, St. Paul
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$19,500Price if you pay yourself$833Program website, Nursing Assistant/Home Health Aide at Saint Paul CollegeMore details about Nursing Assistant/Home Health Aide at Saint Paul College
- Finished
- 98%
- Working at 6 months
- 71%
- Earned in a quarter
- $4,866
- Length
- 30 weeks, 5 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 822
- a year, estimated
- $19,500
- price
- $833
Nursing Assistant
Century College, White Bear Lake
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$19,700Price if you pay yourself$662Program website, Nursing Assistant at Century CollegeMore details about Nursing Assistant at Century College
- Finished
- 90%
- Working at 6 months
- 78%
- Earned in a quarter
- $4,913
- Length
- 30 weeks, 4 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 573
- a year, estimated
- $19,700
- price
- $662
Nursing Assistant/Home Health Aide
Minneapolis Community and Technical College, Minneapolis
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$19,700Price if you pay yourself$800Program website, Nursing Assistant/Home Health Aide at Minneapolis Community and Technical CollegeMore details about Nursing Assistant/Home Health Aide at Minneapolis Community and Technical College
- Finished
- 95%
- Working at 6 months
- 68%
- Earned in a quarter
- $4,922
- Length
- 30 weeks, 5 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 573
- a year, estimated
- $19,700
- price
- $800
Nursing Assistant
Inver Hills Community College, Inver Grove Heights
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$15,100Price if you pay yourself$819Program website, Nursing Assistant at Inver Hills Community CollegeMore details about Nursing Assistant at Inver Hills Community College
- Finished
- 92%
- Working at 6 months
- 72%
- Earned in a quarter
- $3,768
- Length
- 30 weeks, 5 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 550
- a year, estimated
- $15,100
- price
- $819
Nursing Assistant
Normandale Community College, Bloomington
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$15,000Price if you pay yourself$665Program website, Nursing Assistant at Normandale Community CollegeMore details about Nursing Assistant at Normandale Community College
- Finished
- 73%
- Working at 6 months
- 78%
- Earned in a quarter
- $3,741
- Length
- 30 weeks, 4 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 438
- a year, estimated
- $15,000
- price
- $665
Nursing Assistant
Dakota County Technical College, Rosemount
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$18,900Price if you pay yourself$870Program website, Nursing Assistant at Dakota County Technical CollegeMore details about Nursing Assistant at Dakota County Technical College
- Finished
- 95%
- Working at 6 months
- 76%
- Earned in a quarter
- $4,718
- Length
- 30 weeks, 5 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 433
- a year, estimated
- $18,900
- price
- $870
Nursing Assistant/Home Health Aide
Hennepin Technical College, Brooklyn Park
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$17,400Price if you pay yourself$807Program website, Nursing Assistant/Home Health Aide at Hennepin Technical CollegeMore details about Nursing Assistant/Home Health Aide at Hennepin Technical College
- Finished
- 66%
- Working at 6 months
- 72%
- Earned in a quarter
- $4,359
- Length
- 30 weeks, 5 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 334
- a year, estimated
- $17,400
- price
- $807
Nursing Assistant/Home Health Aide
Hennepin Technical College, Eden Prairie
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$17,400Price if you pay yourself$807Program website, Nursing Assistant/Home Health Aide at Hennepin Technical CollegeMore details about Nursing Assistant/Home Health Aide at Hennepin Technical College
- Finished
- 66%
- Working at 6 months
- 72%
- Earned in a quarter
- $4,359
- Length
- 30 weeks, 5 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 334
- a year, estimated
- $17,400
- price
- $807
Nursing Assistant /Home Health Aide
Scofield Nursing Assistant Training Center, Cambridge
No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$730More details about Nursing Assistant /Home Health Aide at Scofield Nursing Assistant Training Center
- Finished
- Not reported
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 15 weeks, 17 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- Not reported
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $730
No programs match these filters.
How to pay for CNA classes in Minneapolis
Workforce funding can pay for CNA classes in Minneapolis
Every program on this page is approved for public workforce funding, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. It can pay for training for eligible adults, people who lost their job and young people.2People on public assistance, with a low income or lacking basic skills come first, and veterans have priority.3
Ask at an American Job Center
Eligibility rules apply, and services vary from state to state. Your local American Job Center can tell you whether you qualify. The Department of Labor's page links to the center finder, or call 1-877-US-2JOBS (1-877-872-5627).4
Financial aid and grants for CNA classes
Most students can get federal student aid for college, career school or trade school. A Federal Pell Grant, unlike a loan, usually doesn't have to be repaid. Ask the school whether its program qualifies.56
GI Bill for CNA classes
Veterans, service members and qualified dependents can use GI Bill benefits for non-college training programs.7
The program list does not show which programs accept these. Ask the school.
Where the Minneapolis nursing assistant program numbers come from
Which Minneapolis nursing assistant programs are on this list?
These are the nursing assistant programs with classes in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington area that are approved for public workforce funding (the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act), as reported to the US Department of Labor for program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025). The list covers programs approved as of June 30, 2025. Online programs are left out here; they are on the Minnesota page. Schools that never applied for approval are missing, so this is a part of what the area offers.
How Minneapolis nursing assistant program prices are reported
The price is tuition and required fees for someone paying without workforce funding, as the school reported it. Prices under $100 are treated as not reported, because the file holds many blanks entered as $0. Check the current price with the school.
What the graduate results of these programs measure
The figures at the top of this page are the middle program among those that report results: half did better, half did worse. Results describe students who left each program in recent years: the share who finished, the share working in the second quarter after leaving, and the middle earnings of those working in that quarter. States report earnings for that one quarter because they take them from the wage reports employers file every three months. The yearly figure here is that quarter times four, rounded to the nearest $100: an estimate, and an early one, since it is measured about half a year after training. The quarter as reported is under "More details" on each program. Results are withheld for small programs, and they describe past students, so they are no guarantee.
Why do some nursing assistant programs say "Not reported"?
Where a school or the state left a field empty, or the Department of Labor withheld it, the page says "Not reported". Nothing here is estimated to fill a gap.
Why the kind of school is left off each program
The file also records whether a school is public, private or nonprofit, but those entries are wrong too often to print next to a school's name, so this page leaves them out.
Sources for the facts about CNA classes in Minneapolis
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- US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook: Nursing Assistants and Orderlies
- US Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov: About This Site
- US Department of Labor: WIOA Adult Program
- US Department of Labor: American Job Centers
- US Department of Education, Federal Student Aid: Eligibility for Federal Student Aid
- US Department of Education, Federal Student Aid: Don't Miss Out on Federal Pell Grants
- US Department of Veterans Affairs: GI Bill benefits for non-college degree programs