Medical certification programs in Louisiana
305 medical certification programs in 9 fields of medical office and lab work, with costs, results and funding that can make them free
82 schools offer these programs, and Louisiana has approved every one for workforce funding. Compare the 9 fields below, then open one to see each program with its price and how past students did.
These programs lead to the support jobs that keep clinics, labs and pharmacies running: medical assistants, phlebotomists who draw blood, EKG technicians and pharmacy technicians, and office work in medical billing, coding and healthcare administration. Most are certificate programs, and many prepare for a certification exam.
All job training programs in Louisiana, every line of work
Accredited medical certification programs in Louisiana, each school with its accreditor
Medical certification programs by state, to compare Louisiana with other states
Compare medical certification programs in Louisiana: cost, pay and results
65 programs at 50 schools
- Most cost
- $3,450 to $11,500
- Earned a year, estimated
- about $21,800
- Working 6 months later
- Left out
- Finished
- Left out
54 programs at 32 schools
- Most cost
- $2,025 to $4,130
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not enough data
- Working 6 months later
- Left out
- Finished
- Left out
49 programs at 45 schools
- Most cost
- $1,160 to $2,500
- Earned a year, estimated
- about $24,800
- Working 6 months later
- Left out
- Finished
- Left out
44 programs at 30 schools
- Most cost
- $2,646 to $10,650
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not enough data
- Working 6 months later
- Left out
- Finished
- Left out
38 programs at 30 schools
- Most cost
- $3,094 to $15,570
- Earned a year, estimated
- about $25,600
- Working 6 months later
- Left out
- Finished
- Left out
29 programs at 25 schools
- Most cost
- $1,100 to $2,000
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not enough data
- Working 6 months later
- Left out
- Finished
- Left out
12 programs at 9 schools
- Most cost
- $2,774 to $7,715
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not enough data
- Working 6 months later
- Left out
- Finished
- Left out
10 programs at 10 schools
- Most cost
- $8,608 to $38,437
- Earned a year, estimated
- about $47,200
- Working 6 months later
- Left out
- Finished
- Left out
4 programs at 4 schools
- Most cost
- Not enough data
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not enough data
- Working 6 months later
- Left out
- Finished
- Left out
Each figure is the middle program of that field. 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; other schools in Louisiana may offer more. How these figures are made
Other job training in Louisiana, by line of work
- Trade school programs335
- Business and office training157
- IT certification programs139
- Nursing and patient care programs102
- Transportation and logistics training92
- Allied health programs85
- First responder training33
- Culinary and hospitality programs13
- Child care and social services training13
- Beauty school4
- All job training in Louisiana1,278
Programs approved in Louisiana in each line of work.
Where the Louisiana medical certification numbers come from
Which Louisiana programs are counted?
Programs Louisiana approved for WIOA funding (public workforce funding under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act) in the fields listed above. Each state keeps its approved programs on an 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. Schools that never applied for approval are missing, so this is a part of what Louisiana offers.
What the figures for each field mean
Each figure is the middle program among those that report it: half did better, half did worse. Prices are what most programs cost if you pay yourself (the middle half). Earnings are for the second quarter after students left, times four. Where a figure is missing, the table says why: "Not reported", "Left out" or "Not enough data" (what each means).
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".6 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 funding facts about medical certification programs in Louisiana
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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
- US Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov: search page, note on states with known data quality concerns