CNA classes in New Orleans, Louisiana
8 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 New Orleans-Metairie 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 New Orleans, 5 of the 8 programs take students without a high school diploma and 3 ask for a diploma or equivalent.
All 8 are the same kind of program: nursing assistant (CNA).
See the 8 programsAll 21 CNA programs in Louisiana, including online programs
How much do CNA classes cost in New Orleans?
$880 to $2,012 is what most CNA programs in New Orleans cost if you pay yourself
That is the middle half of the 8 programs with a price. All of them: $570 to $4,050
In the typical program
- Finished the program
- Left out
- Half of Louisiana's programs report exactly 100%
- Working 6 months later
- Left out
- Most of Louisiana's programs report exactly 100%, which no other state comes close to
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not enough data
- 1 program reports it; a typical figure needs 5
- Length
- 4 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 New Orleans may also offer CNA classes. How these figures are made
All 8 CNA programs in New Orleans approved for WIOA funding
Filters
8 programs
Certified Nursing Assistant
Delgado Community College
New Orleans
Accredited school
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$7,600Price if you pay yourself$1,020School website, Certified Nursing Assistant at Delgado Community CollegeMore details about Certified Nursing Assistant at Delgado Community College
- Finished
- Left out
- Working at 6 months
- Left out
- Earned in a quarter
- $1,901
- Length
- 17 weeks, 40 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $447
- Students counted
- 83
- Earned a year, estimated
- $7,600
- Price if you pay yourself
- $1,020
Certified Nursing Assistant
Nursing Assistant Network Association
New Orleans
No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$570More details about Certified Nursing Assistant at Nursing Assistant Network Association
- 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
- $340
- Students counted
- Not reported
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $570
Nursing Assistant
St Agatha Career School LLC
New Orleans
No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$670Program website, Nursing Assistant at St Agatha Career School LLCMore details about Nursing Assistant at St Agatha Career School LLC
- Finished
- Not reported
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 4 weeks, 30 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $530
- Students counted
- Not reported
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $670
Certified Nursing Assistant
Pillar Homecare LLC
New Orleans
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$950Program website, Certified Nursing Assistant at Pillar Homecare LLCMore details about Certified Nursing Assistant at Pillar Homecare LLC
- Finished
- Not reported
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 6 weeks, 16 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $550
- Students counted
- Not reported
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $950
Certified Nursing Assistant
Tender Love & Care Allied Health Training
Gretna
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$1,665Program website, Certified Nursing Assistant at Tender Love & Care Allied Health TrainingMore details about Certified Nursing Assistant at Tender Love & Care Allied Health Training
- Finished
- Not reported
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 4 weeks, 50 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $1,335
- Students counted
- Not reported
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $1,665
Certified Nursing Assistant
Next Level Educational Services
Laplace
No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$2,000Program website, Certified Nursing Assistant at Next Level Educational ServicesMore details about Certified Nursing Assistant at Next Level Educational Services
- Finished
- Not reported
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 4 weeks, 50 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $450
- Students counted
- Not reported
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $2,000
Nursing Assistant
Next Level Educational Services
Laplace
No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$2,050Program website, Nursing Assistant at Next Level Educational ServicesMore details about Nursing Assistant at Next Level Educational Services
- Finished
- Not reported
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 3 weeks, 50 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $400
- Students counted
- Not reported
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $2,050
Certified Nursing Assistant Course
Healthcare Training Institute LLC
Kenner
Accredited school
No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$4,050Program website, Certified Nursing Assistant Course at Healthcare Training Institute LLCMore details about Certified Nursing Assistant Course at Healthcare Training Institute LLC
- Finished
- Not reported
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 4 weeks, 40 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $125
- Students counted
- Not reported
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $4,050
No programs match these filters.
How to pay for CNA classes in New Orleans
WIOA funding can pay for CNA classes in New Orleans
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 New Orleans
How CNA classes compare with the rest of nursing and patient care across Louisiana: Nursing and patient care programs in Louisiana
Where the New Orleans nursing assistant program numbers come from
Which New Orleans nursing assistant programs are on this list?
These are the nursing assistant programs with classes in the New Orleans-Metairie 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 Louisiana 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 New Orleans 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 Louisiana figures?
The US Department of Labor's own results site lists Louisiana among the states with "known data quality concerns".11 We leave out the share working 6 months later for Louisiana: most of its programs report exactly 100%, which no other state comes close to. We leave out the share who finished for Louisiana: half of its programs report exactly 100%.
Sources for the facts about CNA classes in New Orleans
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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