Accredited CNA programs
882 CNA programs at accredited schools, approved for WIOA funding in 50 states and territories
That is 50% of the 1,749 CNA programs that states have approved for workforce funding. The schools are on the US Department of Education's list of accredited schools. The Department doesn't accredit schools itself: it reviews accrediting agencies and lists the ones it recognizes as reliable judges of the quality of the education they accredit.1
WIOA funding doesn't require accreditation: besides colleges, a state can approve other public and private training providers.2 Funding comes through your own state's list, so pick your state below.
All CNA programs by state, accredited or not, with costs and results
Accredited CNA programs in each state
- Alabama14accredited schools, 15 programs
- Alaska3accredited schools, 3 programs
- Arizona14accredited schools, 16 programs
- Arkansas16accredited schools, 18 programs
- California37accredited schools, 38 programs
- Colorado13accredited schools, 16 programs
- Connecticut11accredited schools, 11 programs
- Delaware4accredited schools, 4 programs
- Florida20accredited schools, 25 programs
- Georgia15accredited schools, 18 programs
- Hawaii2accredited schools, 3 programs
- Idaho6accredited schools, 8 programs
- Illinois44accredited schools, 51 programs
- Indiana4accredited schools, 48 programs
- Iowa15accredited schools, 19 programs
- Kansas12accredited schools, 12 programs
- Kentucky8accredited schools, 8 programs
- Louisiana9accredited schools, 10 programs
- Maine2accredited schools, 2 programs
- Maryland13accredited schools, 14 programs
- Massachusetts9accredited schools, 11 programs
- Michigan27accredited schools, 31 programs
- Minnesota19accredited schools, 33 programs
- Mississippi6accredited schools, 6 programs
- Missouri11accredited schools, 20 programs
- Montana2accredited schools, 2 programs
- Nebraska9accredited schools, 9 programs
- Nevada5accredited schools, 8 programs
- New Hampshire5accredited schools, 7 programs
- New Jersey6accredited schools, 7 programs
- New Mexico10accredited schools, 10 programs
- New York10accredited schools, 12 programs
- North Carolina56accredited schools, 96 programs
- North Dakota4accredited schools, 4 programs
- Northern Mariana Islands1accredited school, 1 program
- Ohio52accredited schools, 60 programs
- Oklahoma29accredited schools, 38 programs
- Oregon4accredited schools, 5 programs
- Pennsylvania16accredited schools, 19 programs
- Rhode Island1accredited school, 1 program
- South Carolina5accredited schools, 5 programs
- South Dakota1accredited school, 1 program
- Tennessee13accredited schools, 13 programs
- Texas34accredited schools, 42 programs
- Utah12accredited schools, 12 programs
- Virginia21accredited schools, 26 programs
- Washington28accredited schools, 33 programs
- West Virginia2accredited schools, 2 programs
- Wisconsin17accredited schools, 19 programs
- Wyoming7accredited schools, 10 programs
Schools with CNA programs that the state approved for WIOA funding and that are on the Department of Education's list. A school approved in two states counts in each.
How the accredited nursing assistant schools were found
Which programs are counted?
Programs that states approved for WIOA funding, from the US Department of Labor's file for program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025).3 The two lists share no ID number, so we matched each school by its website and name in the same state, and checked every unclear case by hand. A school that only hosts a college's classes doesn't count as the college.
How current is the accreditation?
We read the Department's list of October 24, 2026 and count only current accreditation. The Department notes that agencies report this information, that it isn't audited, and that the agency itself has the latest status.1
Sources for the accreditation facts about CNA programs
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- US Department of Education, Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs (DAPIP), data files of 2026-10-24
- 20 CFR 680.410, What is an eligible training provider? (eCFR)
- 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