CNA classes in Virginia Beach, Virginia
10 CNA (certified nursing assistant) programs with costs, results and funding that can make them free
9 schools offer these nursing assistant programs with classes in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk 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 Federal rules require state-approved nurse aide programs for nursing homes to run at least 75 hours, including at least 16 hours of supervised hands-on practice. If a nursing home employs you or has offered you a job when you start, it can't charge you for the program.2
In Virginia Beach, 7 of the 10 programs take students without a high school diploma and 3 ask for a diploma or equivalent.
All 10 are the same kind of program: nursing assistant (CNA).
See the 10 programsAll 66 CNA programs in Virginia, including online programs
How much do CNA classes cost in Virginia Beach?
$1,128 to $1,627 is what most CNA programs in Virginia Beach cost if you pay yourself
That is the middle half of the 10 programs with a price. All of them: $811 to $6,000
In the typical program
- Finished the program
- 85%
- Working 6 months later
- Not enough data
- 4 programs report it; a typical figure needs 5
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not enough data
- 3 programs report it; a typical figure needs 5
- Length
- 7 to 12 weeks
Source: US Department of Labor, program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025). Only programs approved for workforce funding are listed; other schools in Virginia Beach may also offer CNA classes. How these figures are made
All 10 CNA programs in Virginia Beach approved for WIOA funding
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10 programs
Nurse Aide (CNA)
Tidewater Medical Training
Hampton
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$1,57520 students trained with WIOA funding
More details about Nurse Aide (CNA) at Tidewater Medical Training
- Finished
- 91%
- Working at 6 months
- 33%
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 7 weeks, 20 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 525
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $1,575
- students trained with WIOA funding
- 20
Nurse Aide Education (CNA)
Virginia Peninsula Community College
Hampton
Accredited school
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$40,100Price if you pay yourself$3,495Program website, Nurse Aide Education (CNA) at Virginia Peninsula Community CollegeMore details about Nurse Aide Education (CNA) at Virginia Peninsula Community College
- Finished
- 88%
- Working at 6 months
- 75%
- Earned in a quarter
- $10,014
- Length
- 8 weeks, 16 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 83
- Earned a year, estimated
- $40,100
- Price if you pay yourself
- $3,495
Nurse Aide
Heart To Heart Career Training Center (WIOA)
Williamsburg
No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$1,645Program website, Nurse Aide at Heart To Heart Career Training Center (WIOA)More details about Nurse Aide at Heart To Heart Career Training Center (WIOA)
- Finished
- 88%
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 5 weeks, 28 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 41
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $1,645
Nurse Aide Training
Tidewater Community College
Norfolk
Accredited school
No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$1,092More details about Nurse Aide Training at Tidewater Community College
- Finished
- 83%
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 16 weeks, 11 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $674
- Students counted
- 22
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $1,092
Certified Nursing Assistant
Suffolk Public Schools -College and Career Academy at Pruden
Suffolk
No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimated$23,400Price if you pay yourself$811More details about Certified Nursing Assistant at Suffolk Public Schools -College and Career Academy at Pruden
- Finished
- 61%
- Working at 6 months
- 83%
- Earned in a quarter
- $5,850
- Length
- 16 weeks, 9 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 21
- Earned a year, estimated
- $23,400
- Price if you pay yourself
- $811
Job Skills Training Program (JSTP) Certified Nurse Aide
Tidewater Community College
Norfolk
Accredited school
No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimated$24,000Price if you pay yourself$6,000More details about Job Skills Training Program (JSTP) Certified Nurse Aide at Tidewater Community College
- Finished
- 60%
- Working at 6 months
- 78%
- Earned in a quarter
- $6,000
- Length
- 12 weeks, 40 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 10
- Earned a year, estimated
- $24,000
- Price if you pay yourself
- $6,000
Nurse Aide
Norfolk Allied Health Training Center
Norfolk
No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$1,088More details about Nurse Aide at Norfolk Allied Health Training Center
- Finished
- Not reported
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 3 weeks, 40 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- Not reported
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $1,088
Nurse Aide (CNA)
Virginia Beach City Public Schools - Adult Learning Center
Virginia Beach
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$1,235More details about Nurse Aide (CNA) at Virginia Beach City Public Schools - Adult Learning Center
- Finished
- Not reported
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 7 weeks, 20 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- Not reported
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $1,235
Rosetta Home Healthcare Nurse Aide Educational Program
Rosetta Home Healthcare LLC
Newport News
No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$1,300More details about Rosetta Home Healthcare Nurse Aide Educational Program at Rosetta Home Healthcare LLC
- Finished
- Not reported
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 12 weeks, 16 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- Not reported
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $1,300
Certified Nursing Assistant
Bliss Training Center
Norfolk
No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$1,500More details about Certified Nursing Assistant at Bliss Training Center
- Finished
- Not reported
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 8 weeks, 22 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- Not reported
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $1,500
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How to pay for CNA classes in Virginia Beach
WIOA funding can pay for CNA classes in Virginia Beach
Every program on this page is approved for it. Whether you qualify, how much your local area pays and how to apply are on our page Does WIOA pay for job training?
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.78
GI Bill for CNA classes
Veterans, service members and qualified dependents can use GI Bill benefits for non-college training programs.9
The program list does not show which programs accept these. Ask the school.
Other training in Virginia Beach
How CNA classes compare with the rest of nursing and patient care across Virginia: Nursing and patient care programs in Virginia
Where the Virginia Beach nursing assistant program numbers come from
Which Virginia Beach nursing assistant programs are on this list?
These are the nursing assistant programs with classes in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk area that are approved for WIOA funding (public workforce funding under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act), as reported to the US Department of Labor for program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025). Each state keeps its approved programs on an eligible training provider list (ETPL).10 The list here covers programs approved as of June 30, 2025. Online programs are left out here; they are on the Virginia page. Schools that never applied for approval are missing, so this is a part of what the area offers.
How the prices and results of Virginia Beach nursing assistant programs are measured
Prices are tuition and required fees for someone paying without workforce funding, as the school reported them; check the current price with the school. Results describe students who left each program in recent years, so they are no guarantee, and the yearly earnings are the reported quarter times four, an estimate. A program without a "Trained with WIOA funding" line may still take WIOA students. Where a field was left empty or withheld, the page says "Not reported", and "Left out" where a figure was filed but failed one of our checks; nothing is estimated to fill a gap. Where the numbers come from explains each figure in full.
Sources for the facts about CNA classes in Virginia Beach
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- US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook: Nursing Assistants and Orderlies
- Electronic Code of Federal Regulations: 42 CFR 483.152, Requirements for approval of a nurse aide training and competency evaluation program
- US Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov: About This Site
- US Department of Labor: WIOA Adult Program
- Code of Federal Regulations, title 20, part 680, sections 680.220, 680.230 and 680.310: career services before training, other grants such as Pell Grants first, and limits on Individual Training Accounts (GovInfo, 2024 edition)
- 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
- US Department of Labor, Training and Employment Guidance Letter 8-19, Attachment I: Requirements for Training Providers, Program Eligibility, and the State Eligible Training Provider (ETP) List