CNA classes in Philadelphia
11 CNA programs with costs, results and funding that can make them free
9 schools offer these nursing assistant programs with classes in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington 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 Philadelphia, 2 of the 11 programs take students without a high school diploma, and 4 are taught partly or fully online.
See the 11 programsAll 25 CNA programs in Pennsylvania, including online programs
How much do CNA classes cost in Philadelphia?
$2,580 to $3,954
is what most programs cost if you pay yourself
All 11 programs with a price: $1,628 to $6,000
- Finished the program
- 94%
- Working 6 months later
- 82%
- Earned a year, estimated
- about $25,700
- Length
- Not reported for most programs
Source: US Department of Labor, program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025). How these figures are made
All 11 CNA programs in Philadelphia approved for funding
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11 programs
Certified Nursing Assistant
Maggie Career Center, Wilmington
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$2,700School website, Certified Nursing Assistant at Maggie Career CenterMore details about Certified Nursing Assistant at Maggie Career Center
- Finished
- 96%
- Working at 6 months
- 72%
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- Not reported
- Cost of supplies
- $470
- Students counted
- 232
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $2,700
Certfied Nursing Assistant
Delaware Technical Community College- Wilmington - Non-Credit, Wilmington
No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimated$25,700Price if you pay yourself$2,595School website, Certfied Nursing Assistant at Delaware Technical Community College- Wilmington - Non-CreditMore details about Certfied Nursing Assistant at Delaware Technical Community College- Wilmington - Non-Credit
- Finished
- 80%
- Working at 6 months
- 8%
- Earned in a quarter
- $6,430
- Length
- Not reported
- Cost of supplies
- $475
- Students counted
- 229
- a year, estimated
- $25,700
- price
- $2,595
C.N.A.
Delaware Skills Center, New Castle
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$2,565Program website, C.N.A. at Delaware Skills CenterMore details about C.N.A. at Delaware Skills Center
- Finished
- 98%
- Working at 6 months
- 93%
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- Not reported
- Cost of supplies
- $80
- Students counted
- 205
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $2,565
Patient Care Technician
Maggie Career Center, Wilmington
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$5,000Program website, Patient Care Technician at Maggie Career CenterMore details about Patient Care Technician at Maggie Career Center
- Finished
- 93%
- Working at 6 months
- 66%
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- Not reported
- Cost of supplies
- $535
- Students counted
- 145
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $5,000
Nursing Assistant/Home Healthcare
Dawn Career Institute, Newark
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$14,000Price if you pay yourself$3,213School website, Nursing Assistant/Home Healthcare at Dawn Career InstituteMore details about Nursing Assistant/Home Healthcare at Dawn Career Institute
- Finished
- 92%
- Working at 6 months
- 100%
- Earned in a quarter
- $3,510
- Length
- Not reported
- Cost of supplies
- $263
- Students counted
- 140
- a year, estimated
- $14,000
- price
- $3,213
Nursing Assistant/GNA (150 Clock Hours)
Cecil College, North East
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$34,000Price if you pay yourself$1,628Program website, Nursing Assistant/GNA (150 Clock Hours) at Cecil CollegeMore details about Nursing Assistant/GNA (150 Clock Hours) at Cecil College
- Finished
- 91%
- Working at 6 months
- 87%
- Earned in a quarter
- $8,500
- Length
- 24 weeks, 6 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $452
- Students counted
- 106
- a year, estimated
- $34,000
- price
- $1,628
Certified Nursing Assistant
Bear Professional Institute Inc., Bear
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$66,600Price if you pay yourself$2,710More details about Certified Nursing Assistant at Bear Professional Institute Inc.
- Finished
- 94%
- Working at 6 months
- 100%
- Earned in a quarter
- $16,640
- Length
- Not reported
- Cost of supplies
- $120
- Students counted
- 81
- a year, estimated
- $66,600
- price
- $2,710
Nurse Aid
Delaware County Community College, Media
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$1,950School website, Nurse Aid at Delaware County Community CollegeMore details about Nurse Aid at Delaware County Community College
- Finished
- 100%
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 6 weeks, 16 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $329
- Students counted
- 34
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $1,950
Patient Care Tech W/ EKG Phlebotomy and CNA Certification
Echotech, Newport
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$24,000Price if you pay yourself$6,000More details about Patient Care Tech W/ EKG Phlebotomy and CNA Certification at Echotech
- Finished
- 100%
- Working at 6 months
- 78%
- Earned in a quarter
- $6,010
- Length
- Not reported
- Cost of supplies
- $270
- Students counted
- 16
- a year, estimated
- $24,000
- price
- $6,000
Patient Care Technician Program
Rowan College of South Jersey Gloucester, Sewell
No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$3,099Program website, Patient Care Technician Program at Rowan College of South Jersey GloucesterMore details about Patient Care Technician Program at Rowan College of South Jersey Gloucester
- Finished
- Not reported
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- Not reported
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- Not reported
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $3,099
Patient Care Tech with CNA certification
Echotech, Newport
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$4,695More details about Patient Care Tech with CNA certification at Echotech
- Finished
- Not reported
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- Not reported
- Cost of supplies
- $270
- Students counted
- Not reported
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $4,695
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How to pay for CNA classes in Philadelphia
Workforce funding can pay for CNA classes in Philadelphia
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 Philadelphia nursing assistant program numbers come from
Which Philadelphia nursing assistant programs are on this list?
These are the nursing assistant programs with classes in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington 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 Pennsylvania page. Schools that never applied for approval are missing, so this is a part of what the area offers.
How Philadelphia 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.
How reliable are the Pennsylvania figures?
We leave out the share working 6 months later for Pennsylvania: its rates sit far below every other state's, and the counts suggest jobs were traced only for students whose training was publicly paid.
Sources for the facts about CNA classes in Philadelphia
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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