CNA classes in Birmingham, Alabama
7 CNA (certified nursing assistant) programs with costs, results and funding that can make them free
7 schools offer these nursing assistant programs with classes in the Birmingham 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 Birmingham, 4 of the 7 programs take students without a high school diploma and 3 ask for a diploma or equivalent.
All 7 are the same kind of program: nursing assistant (CNA).
See the 7 programsAll 28 CNA programs in Alabama, including online programs
How much do CNA classes cost in Birmingham?
$862 to $1,255 is what most CNA programs in Birmingham cost if you pay yourself
That is the middle half of the 7 programs with a price. All of them: $755 to $2,400
In the typical program
- Finished the program
- 96%
- Working 6 months later
- Left out
- Alabama's rates sit far below every other state's
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not enough data
- 1 program reports it; a typical figure needs 5
- Length
- Not enough data
- 2 programs report it; a typical figure needs 5
Source: US Department of Labor, program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025). Only programs approved for workforce funding are listed; other schools in Birmingham may also offer CNA classes. How these figures are made
All 7 CNA programs in Birmingham approved for WIOA funding
Filters
7 programs
Certified Nursing Assistant with Externship
Career Health Services Academy
Pelham
Accredited school
No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$1,5103 students trained with WIOA funding
More details about Certified Nursing Assistant with Externship at Career Health Services Academy
- Finished
- 96%
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- Not reported
- Cost of supplies
- $510
- Students counted
- 258
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $1,510
- students trained with WIOA funding
- 3
Nurse Aide Training Program
SM School of Opportunity, LLC.
Bessemer
No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$755Program website, Nurse Aide Training Program at SM School of Opportunity, LLC.More details about Nurse Aide Training Program at SM School of Opportunity, LLC.
- Finished
- 95%
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 4 weeks, 19 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $300
- Students counted
- 207
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $755
Certified Nursing Assistant
Dannon Training Institute
Birmingham
No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$2,400More details about Certified Nursing Assistant at Dannon Training Institute
- Finished
- 100%
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- Not reported
- Cost of supplies
- $450
- Students counted
- 38
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $2,400
Nurse Assistant/Aide
Bevill State Community College
Sumiton
Accredited school
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$9,400Price if you pay yourself$82513 students trained with WIOA funding
Program website, Nurse Assistant/Aide at Bevill State Community CollegeMore details about Nurse Assistant/Aide at Bevill State Community College
- Finished
- 91%
- Working at 6 months
- Left out
- Earned in a quarter
- $2,356
- Length
- Not reported
- Cost of supplies
- $350
- Students counted
- 34
- Earned a year, estimated
- $9,400
- Price if you pay yourself
- $825
- students trained with WIOA funding
- 13
Certified Nursing Assistant Program
Jefferson State Community College
Birmingham
Accredited school
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$899Program website, Certified Nursing Assistant Program at Jefferson State Community CollegeMore details about Certified Nursing Assistant Program at Jefferson State Community College
- Finished
- 100%
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- Not reported
- Cost of supplies
- $903
- Students counted
- 23
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $899
Certified Nursing Assistant
Lawson State Community College
Birmingham
Accredited school
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$950School website, Certified Nursing Assistant at Lawson State Community CollegeMore details about Certified Nursing Assistant at Lawson State Community College
- Finished
- 67%
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- Not reported
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 14
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $950
Nursing Assistant
Phlebotomy Ink Training and Staffing Agency, LLC
Birmingham
No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$1,000Program website, Nursing Assistant at Phlebotomy Ink Training and Staffing Agency, LLCMore details about Nursing Assistant at Phlebotomy Ink Training and Staffing Agency, LLC
- Finished
- Not reported
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 6 weeks, 18 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $300
- Students counted
- Not reported
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $1,000
No programs match these filters.
How to pay for CNA classes in Birmingham
WIOA funding can pay for CNA classes in Birmingham
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 Birmingham
How CNA classes compare with the rest of nursing and patient care across Alabama: Nursing and patient care programs in Alabama
Where the Birmingham nursing assistant program numbers come from
Which Birmingham nursing assistant programs are on this list?
These are the nursing assistant programs with classes in the Birmingham 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 Alabama 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 Birmingham 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.
How reliable are the Alabama figures?
The US Department of Labor's own results site lists Alabama among the states with "known data quality concerns".11 We leave out the share working 6 months later for Alabama: its rates sit far below every other state's.
Sources for the facts about CNA classes in Birmingham
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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
- US Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov: search page, note on states with known data quality concerns