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Dialysis technician training in Tennessee

2 dialysis technician programs with costs, results and funding that can make them free

1 school offers these dialysis technician programs, and Tennessee has approved every one for workforce funding. Each shows its price if you pay yourself and how past students did.

Patient care dialysis technicians run kidney dialysis machines and give direct care to patients with kidney failure. Under the federal rules for dialysis facilities, they need a high school diploma or equivalent and a training program run under a registered nurse, covering dialysis and its procedures, placing the needles (cannulation), possible complications, water treatment, infection control and safety.1 At dialysis centers covered by Medicare's rules, a patient care dialysis technician must be certified through a state program or a national certification program within 18 months of being hired, and must meet any state rules for dialysis technicians.2

In Tennessee, both programs ask for a high school diploma or equivalent.

Both are the same kind of program: dialysis technician certificate or course.

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How much does dialysis technician training cost in Tennessee?

$1,099 to $2,119

from the lowest-priced program to the highest, if you pay yourself

These two programs

Finished the program
Not reported
Neither program reports it
Working 6 months later
Not reported
Neither program reports it
Earned a year, estimated
Not reported
Neither program reports it
Length
8 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 Tennessee may also offer dialysis technician training. How these figures are made

Is there free dialysis technician training in Tennessee?

Who qualifies, and other ways to pay: financial aid, grants and the GI Bill

All 2 dialysis technician programs in Tennessee approved for WIOA funding

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2 programs

  • Dialysis technician certificate or courseHybridHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Dialysis Technician

    Southwest Tennessee Community College

    Memphis

    Accredited school

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Southwest Tennessee Community College, MemphisDialysis technician certificate or course · Accredited schoolHybrid · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$1,099
    Program website, Dialysis Technician at Southwest Tennessee Community College
    More details about Dialysis Technician at Southwest Tennessee Community College
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    8 weeks, 50 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    $100
    Students counted
    Not reported
    Earned a year, estimated
    Not reported
    Price if you pay yourself
    $1,099
    Program website, Dialysis Technician at Southwest Tennessee Community College

  • Dialysis technician certificate or courseHybridHigh school diploma or equivalent

    SouthwestWORKS: DIALYSIS TECHNICIAN

    Southwest Tennessee Community College

    Memphis

    Accredited school

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Southwest Tennessee Community College, MemphisDialysis technician certificate or course · Accredited schoolHybrid · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$2,119
    Program website, SouthwestWORKS: DIALYSIS TECHNICIAN at Southwest Tennessee Community College
    More details about SouthwestWORKS: DIALYSIS TECHNICIAN at Southwest Tennessee Community College
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    12 weeks, 6 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    $100
    Students counted
    Not reported
    Earned a year, estimated
    Not reported
    Price if you pay yourself
    $2,119
    Program website, SouthwestWORKS: DIALYSIS TECHNICIAN at Southwest Tennessee Community College

How to pay for dialysis technician training in Tennessee

WIOA funding can pay for dialysis technician training in Tennessee

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 dialysis technician training

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 dialysis technician training

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 Tennessee

How dialysis technician training compares with the rest of allied health: Allied health programs in Tennessee

Where the Tennessee dialysis technician program numbers come from

Which Tennessee dialysis technician programs are on this list?

These are the dialysis technician programs Tennessee 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. Schools that never applied for approval are missing, so this is a part of what Tennessee offers.

How the prices and results of Tennessee dialysis technician 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 dialysis technician training in Tennessee

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  1. Electronic Code of Federal Regulations: 42 CFR 494.140(e), patient care dialysis technicians
  2. Electronic Code of Federal Regulations: 42 CFR 494.140(e), patient care dialysis technicians
  3. US Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov: About This Site
  4. US Department of Labor: WIOA Adult Program
  5. 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)
  6. US Department of Labor: American Job Centers
  7. US Department of Education, Federal Student Aid: Eligibility for Federal Student Aid
  8. US Department of Education, Federal Student Aid: Don't Miss Out on Federal Pell Grants
  9. US Department of Veterans Affairs: GI Bill benefits for non-college degree programs
  10. 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