Short certificate programs in Kentucky
89 programs that take 12 weeks or less, in 27 fields, every one approved for WIOA funding in Kentucky
Each field lists its programs shortest first, up to 10, with a link to the rest. Length is in weeks as the school reported it, and hours a week differ: a four-week course can be full time. 89 of the 121 Kentucky programs that report a length take 12 weeks or less.
Kentucky reports a length for only 121 of its 752 programs, so many short programs are missing here. Each field's page lists every program, with or without a length.
All job training programs in Kentucky, every field side by side
Short programs in Kentucky, shortest first
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CNA classes 12
All CNA programs in Kentucky, with typical prices and results
Medicaid Nurse Aide
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $596
Medicaid Nurse Aide - NAA 100
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $586
Nursing Assistant- Advanced
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $3,551
Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant/Aide
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $575
Nursing-Practical Nursing-Medicaid Nurse Aid Certificate
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $1,020
Nursing Assistant/ Aid
- Earned a year, estimated
- $25,900
- Price if you pay yourself
- $710
State Registered Nursing Assistant Traditional and Hybrid Program
- Earned a year, estimated
- $25,000
- Price if you pay yourself
- $925
Nurse Aide Education
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $925
Nurse/Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $596
See all 12 CNA programs of 12 weeks or less on the Kentucky CNA classes page, with filters
Phlebotomy training 10
All phlebotomy programs in Kentucky, with typical prices and results
Accelerated Phlebotomy
- Earned a year, estimated
- $24,000
- Price if you pay yourself
- $550
Phlebotomy Technician
- Earned a year, estimated
- $19,500
- Price if you pay yourself
- $2,900
- students trained with WIOA funding
- 11
Clinical Lab Tech- Phlebotomy for the Healthcare Worker Certificate
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $850
Phlebotomy Technician/Phlebotomist
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $882
Physician Office Laboratory/Phlebotomy for the Healthcare Worker
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $1,541
Phlebotomy Program
- Earned a year, estimated
- $25,900
- Price if you pay yourself
- $1,575
Phlebotomy Technician Certificate Program with Optional Clinical Externship
- Earned a year, estimated
- $13,400
- Price if you pay yourself
- Not reported
- students trained with WIOA funding
- 5
HI-6100 Phlebotomy Technician
- Earned a year, estimated
- $36,300
- Price if you pay yourself
- $2,000
Phlebotomy for the Healthcare Worker
- Earned a year, estimated
- $18,200
- Price if you pay yourself
- $1,008
- students trained with WIOA funding
- 15
Phlebotomy Technician
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- Not reported
Welding classes 9
All welding programs in Kentucky, with typical prices and results
ARC Welder Certification
- Earned a year, estimated
- $20,200
- Price if you pay yourself
- $4,250
- students trained with WIOA funding
- 20
Pipeline Welding
- Earned a year, estimated
- $16,400
- Price if you pay yourself
- $8,670
Welding Technology
- Earned a year, estimated
- $17,400
- Price if you pay yourself
- $9,020
- students trained with WIOA funding
- 5
Basic Welding Boot Camp
- Earned a year, estimated
- $29,900
- Price if you pay yourself
- Not reported
Basic General Welding
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $430
(CWI) Certified Welding Inspector Training
- Earned a year, estimated
- $36,500
- Price if you pay yourself
- Not reported
- students trained with WIOA funding
- 54
Welding for Certification
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $1,499
- students trained with WIOA funding
- 6
Welding Technology/Welder
- Earned a year, estimated
- $36,600
- Price if you pay yourself
- $6,630
- students trained with WIOA funding
- 50
IT training 7
All IT training programs in Kentucky, with typical prices and results
IT-1100 Fundamentals of IT
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $1,300
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- Not reported
CISCO CCNA Certification
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $3,200
Computer and Information Technologies- A+
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $624
IT-2200 IT Network Technician
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $2,300
Comp TIA A+ Coding Academy
- Earned a year, estimated
- $25,400
- Price if you pay yourself
- Not reported
- students trained with WIOA funding
- 8
CompTIA A+ Certificate
- Earned a year, estimated
- $21,600
- Price if you pay yourself
- $1,050
- students trained with WIOA funding
- 4
Medical billing and coding training 7
All medical billing and coding programs in Kentucky, with typical prices and results
CIC Medical Coding Program
- Earned a year, estimated
- $33,400
- Price if you pay yourself
- $2,100
- students trained with WIOA funding
- 17
Medical Billing and Coding
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $11,790
Medical Coding Certificate
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $3,716
Medical Billing & Coding Certificate Program
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- Not reported
- students trained with WIOA funding
- 6
Medical Billing & Coding Certification Program
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- Not reported
Medical Billing and Coding
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $13,050
Sarah's Place Medical Coding
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $550
EMT classes 6
All EMT and paramedic programs in Kentucky, with typical prices and results
Emergency Medical Services Paramedic
- Earned a year, estimated
- $31,100
- Price if you pay yourself
- $8,036
Advanced Emergency Medical Technician
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- Not reported
Advanced Emergency Medical Technician-Certificate
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $2,636
Emergency Medical Services Paramedic
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $10,604
Emergency Medical Technician - EMT Basic
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- Not reported
Emergency Medical Services - Paramedic
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $10,988
Medical assistant training 6
All medical assistant programs in Kentucky, with typical prices and results
Medical Assisting Diploma
- Earned a year, estimated
- $19,200
- Price if you pay yourself
- $10,030
Medical Assisting
- Earned a year, estimated
- $19,300
- Price if you pay yourself
- $8,692
- students trained with WIOA funding
- 15
Medical Assisting
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $3,624
Medical/Clinical Assistant
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $15,740
Comprehensive Medical Assisting
- Earned a year, estimated
- $21,800
- Price if you pay yourself
- $13,486
Clinical Medical Assisting
- Earned a year, estimated
- $23,200
- Price if you pay yourself
- $1,250
Cybersecurity training 3
All cybersecurity programs in Kentucky, with typical prices and results
CompTIA Security+ Certification
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $1,900
IT-6200 Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+)
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- Not reported
Cybersecurity, 12 weeks Job oriented program. (220+ clock hours)
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- Not reported
EKG technician programs 3
All EKG technician programs in Kentucky, with typical prices and results
Electrocardiogram Technician - ECG Technician
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $950
Electrocardiograph Technician Hybrid Program
- Earned a year, estimated
- $27,600
- Price if you pay yourself
- $1,010
Electrocardiograph Technology/ Technician
- Earned a year, estimated
- $25,400
- Price if you pay yourself
- $890
Electrician training 3
All electrician training programs in Kentucky, with typical prices and results
Electrical Technology
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $9,918
MIT Electrical Technology
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- Not reported
Quick Start Electrician Pre-Apprenticeship Program
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- Not reported
Pharmacy technician training 3
All pharmacy technician programs in Kentucky, with typical prices and results
Pharmacy Tech II Diploma
- Earned a year, estimated
- $22,200
- Price if you pay yourself
- $8,500
Pharmacy Technician
- Earned a year, estimated
- $16,300
- Price if you pay yourself
- Not reported
- students trained with WIOA funding
- 7
Pharmacy Technician
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $404
AutoCAD and drafting courses 2
All CAD and drafting programs in Kentucky, with typical prices and results
Computer Aided Drafting Design and Surveying
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $8,352
Computer Aided Drafting and Design
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $10,710
Heavy equipment operator training 2
All heavy equipment operator programs in Kentucky, with typical prices and results
Heavy Equipment Operator
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- Not reported
- students trained with WIOA funding
- 6
Backhoe Operator
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $2,088
Medication aide training 2
All medication aide programs in Kentucky, with typical prices and results
Kentucky Medication Aid
- Earned a year, estimated
- $33,900
- Price if you pay yourself
- Not reported
Kentucky Medication Aide
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $1,107
Real estate school 2
All real estate programs in Kentucky, with typical prices and results
Pre-Licensing Real Estate Certificate
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $4,488
Real Estate Professionals
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $775
Addiction counselor training 1
All addiction counseling programs in Kentucky, with typical prices and results
Chemical Dependency Certificate
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $14,080
Auto mechanic classes 1
All auto mechanic programs in Kentucky, with typical prices and results
Automotive Technology
- Earned a year, estimated
- $20,700
- Price if you pay yourself
- $13,104
- students trained with WIOA funding
- 4
CNC machinist training 1
All CNC machinist programs in Kentucky, with typical prices and results
Computerized Manufacturing and Machining
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $10,880
Criminal justice programs 1
All criminal justice programs in Kentucky, with typical prices and results
Criminal Justice-All Options
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $11,407
Health information technology programs 1
All health information programs in Kentucky, with typical prices and results
Health Information Technology
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $11,935
Home inspector training 1
All home inspector programs in Kentucky, with typical prices and results
Prelicense Home Inspector Training
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $2,495
HVAC training 1
All HVAC training programs in Kentucky, with typical prices and results
Air Conditioning Technology
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $13,265
Industrial maintenance technician training 1
All industrial maintenance programs in Kentucky, with typical prices and results
PLC and MOtor Control-NDWG
- Earned a year, estimated
- $30,300
- Price if you pay yourself
- $2,700
- students trained with WIOA funding
- 18
Medical lab technician programs 1
All medical lab programs in Kentucky, with typical prices and results
Clinical Lab Technician-Physician's Office Laboratory
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $1,395
OSHA safety training 1
All OSHA and safety programs in Kentucky, with typical prices and results
OSHA #2015 Hazardous Materials
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- Not reported
Plumbing school 1
All plumbing programs in Kentucky, with typical prices and results
Plumbing
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $10,332
Respiratory therapy programs 1
All respiratory therapy programs in Kentucky, with typical prices and results
Respiratory Care
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $12,750
Each program shows its own figures as the school reported them. Yearly earnings are the reported quarter times four, an estimate. Source: US Department of Labor, program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025). Only programs approved for workforce funding are counted. How these programs are chosen
Which Kentucky programs count as short
Approved by Kentucky
Programs Kentucky approved for WIOA funding (public workforce funding under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act), from its eligible training provider list (ETPL).5 They come from the US Department of Labor's file for program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025), covering programs approved as of June 30, 2025. Only the site's fields of training are counted.
What counts as short
A program counts as short when the school filed a length of 12 weeks or less. Programs with no length in the file are left off, and so are lengths our checks removed as unlikely (what "Left out" means is on the method page). How the site handles the data
Sources for the funding facts on this page
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- 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 Labor, Training and Employment Guidance Letter 8-19, Attachment I: Requirements for Training Providers, Program Eligibility, and the State Eligible Training Provider (ETP) List