CNA classes in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington area, and every one is approved for workforce funding: 5 by Delaware, 1 by Maryland and 1 by Pennsylvania. 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 Philadelphia, 1 of the 7 programs takes students without a high school diploma and 6 ask for a diploma or equivalent.
All 7 are the same kind of program: nursing assistant (CNA).
See the 7 programsAll 30 CNA programs in Pennsylvania, including online programs
How much do CNA classes cost in Philadelphia?
$2,258 to $2,705 is what most CNA programs in Philadelphia cost if you pay yourself
That is the middle half of the 7 programs with a price. All of them: $1,628 to $3,213
In the typical program
- Finished the program
- 94%
- Working 6 months later
- 90%
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not enough data
- 4 programs report 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 Philadelphia may also offer CNA classes. How these figures are made
All 7 CNA programs in Philadelphia approved for WIOA funding
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7 programs
Certified Nursing Assistant
Maggie Career Center
Wilmington
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$2,70010 students trained with WIOA funding
School website, Certified Nursing Assistant at Maggie Career CenterMore details about Certified Nursing Assistant at Maggie Career Center
- Finished
- 96%
- Working at 6 months
- 72%
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- Not reported
- Cost of supplies
- $470
- Students counted
- 232
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $2,700
- students trained with WIOA funding
- 10
Certfied Nursing Assistant
Delaware Technical Community College- Wilmington - Non-Credit
Wilmington
Accredited school
No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimated$25,700Price if you pay yourself$2,59515 students trained with WIOA funding
School website, Certfied Nursing Assistant at Delaware Technical Community College- Wilmington - Non-CreditMore details about Certfied Nursing Assistant at Delaware Technical Community College- Wilmington - Non-Credit
- Finished
- 80%
- Working at 6 months
- 8%
- Earned in a quarter
- $6,430
- Length
- Not reported
- Cost of supplies
- $475
- Students counted
- 229
- Earned a year, estimated
- $25,700
- Price if you pay yourself
- $2,595
- students trained with WIOA funding
- 15
C.N.A.
Delaware Skills Center
New Castle
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$2,5654 students trained with WIOA funding
Program website, C.N.A. at Delaware Skills CenterMore details about C.N.A. at Delaware Skills Center
- Finished
- 98%
- Working at 6 months
- 93%
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- Not reported
- Cost of supplies
- $80
- Students counted
- 205
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $2,565
- students trained with WIOA funding
- 4
Nursing Assistant/Home Healthcare
Dawn Career Institute
Newark
Accredited school
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$14,000Price if you pay yourself$3,21320 students trained with WIOA funding
School website, Nursing Assistant/Home Healthcare at Dawn Career InstituteMore details about Nursing Assistant/Home Healthcare at Dawn Career Institute
- Finished
- 92%
- Working at 6 months
- 100%
- Earned in a quarter
- $3,510
- Length
- Not reported
- Cost of supplies
- $263
- Students counted
- 140
- Earned a year, estimated
- $14,000
- Price if you pay yourself
- $3,213
- students trained with WIOA funding
- 20
Nursing Assistant/GNA (150 Clock Hours)
Cecil College
North East
Accredited school
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$34,000Price if you pay yourself$1,6284 students trained with WIOA funding
Program website, Nursing Assistant/GNA (150 Clock Hours) at Cecil CollegeMore details about Nursing Assistant/GNA (150 Clock Hours) at Cecil College
- Finished
- 91%
- Working at 6 months
- 87%
- Earned in a quarter
- $8,500
- Length
- 24 weeks, 6 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $452
- Students counted
- 106
- Earned a year, estimated
- $34,000
- Price if you pay yourself
- $1,628
- students trained with WIOA funding
- 4
Certified Nursing Assistant
Bear Professional Institute Inc.
Bear
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$66,600Price if you pay yourself$2,710More details about Certified Nursing Assistant at Bear Professional Institute Inc.
- Finished
- 94%
- Working at 6 months
- 100%
- Earned in a quarter
- $16,640
- Length
- Not reported
- Cost of supplies
- $120
- Students counted
- 81
- Earned a year, estimated
- $66,600
- Price if you pay yourself
- $2,710
Nurse Aid
Delaware County Community College
Media
Accredited school
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$1,950School website, Nurse Aid at Delaware County Community CollegeMore details about Nurse Aid at Delaware County Community College
- Finished
- 100%
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 6 weeks, 16 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $329
- Students counted
- 34
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not reported
- Price if you pay yourself
- $1,950
No programs match these filters.
How to pay for CNA classes in Philadelphia
WIOA funding can pay for CNA classes in Philadelphia
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 Philadelphia
How CNA classes compare with the rest of nursing and patient care across Pennsylvania: Nursing and patient care programs in Pennsylvania
Where the Philadelphia nursing assistant program numbers come from
Which Philadelphia nursing assistant programs are on this list?
These are the nursing assistant programs with classes in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington 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 Pennsylvania 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 Philadelphia 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 Pennsylvania figures?
We leave out the share working 6 months later for Pennsylvania: its rates sit far below every other state's, and the counts suggest jobs were traced only for students whose training was publicly paid.
Sources for the facts about CNA classes in Philadelphia
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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