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Patient care technician training in Arizona

3 patient care technician programs with costs, results and funding that can make them free

3 schools offer these patient care technician programs, and Arizona has approved every one for workforce funding. Each shows its price if you pay yourself and how past students did.

The federal job guide has no separate profile for patient care technicians; the closest is nursing assistants, who give basic care and help patients with daily activities. Nursing assistants often complete a state-approved program and pass the state's competency exam, which puts them on the state registry that nursing home work requires.1

In Arizona, 1 of the 3 programs takes students without a high school diploma and 2 ask for earlier courses first.

All 3 are the same kind of program: patient care technician course.

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How much does patient care technician training cost in Arizona?

$1,950 to $12,641

is what the 3 programs with a price cost if you pay yourself

In the typical program

Finished the program
Not reported
None of the 3 programs report it
Working 6 months later
Not reported
None of the 3 programs report it
Earned a year, estimated
Not reported
None of the 3 programs report it
Length
Not enough data
1 program reports 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 Arizona may also offer patient care technician training. How these figures are made

Is there free patient care technician training in Arizona?

Who qualifies, and other ways to pay: financial aid, grants and the GI Bill

All 3 patient care technician programs in Arizona approved for WIOA funding

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3 programs

  • Patient care technician courseIn personNo diploma needed

    Patient Care Technician - Certificate

    Eastern Arizona College

    Thatcher

    Accredited school

    No diploma needed

    Eastern Arizona College, ThatcherPatient care technician course · Accredited schoolIn person · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$1,950
    School website, Patient Care Technician - Certificate at Eastern Arizona College
    More details about Patient Care Technician - Certificate at Eastern Arizona College
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    34 weeks, 18 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    $600
    Students counted
    Not reported
    Earned a year, estimated
    Not reported
    Price if you pay yourself
    $1,950
    School website, Patient Care Technician - Certificate at Eastern Arizona College

  • Patient care technician courseIn personEducation and courses

    Patient Care Technician

    Providence Training Institute

    Glendale

    Education and courses

    Providence Training Institute, GlendalePatient care technician courseIn person · Education and courses

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$2,425
    School website, Patient Care Technician at Providence Training Institute
    More details about Patient Care Technician at Providence Training Institute
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    Not reported
    Cost of supplies
    $272
    Students counted
    Not reported
    Earned a year, estimated
    Not reported
    Price if you pay yourself
    $2,425
    School website, Patient Care Technician at Providence Training Institute

  • Patient care technician courseIn personEducation and courses

    Patient Care Technician

    Pima Medical Institute - East Valley Campus

    Mesa

    Accredited school

    Education and courses

    Pima Medical Institute - East Valley Campus, MesaPatient care technician course · Accredited schoolIn person · Education and courses

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$12,641
    School website, Patient Care Technician at Pima Medical Institute - East Valley Campus
    More details about Patient Care Technician at Pima Medical Institute - East Valley Campus
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    Not reported
    Cost of supplies
    $843
    Students counted
    Not reported
    Earned a year, estimated
    Not reported
    Price if you pay yourself
    $12,641
    School website, Patient Care Technician at Pima Medical Institute - East Valley Campus

How to pay for patient care technician training in Arizona

WIOA funding can pay for patient care technician training in Arizona

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 patient care technician training

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.67

GI Bill for patient care technician training

Veterans, service members and qualified dependents can use GI Bill benefits for non-college training programs.8

The program list does not show which programs accept these. Ask the school.

Patient care technician training in Phoenix, Safford and other Arizona cities

Choosing an area filters the program list above.

Other training in Arizona

How patient care technician training compares with the rest of nursing and patient care: Nursing and patient care programs in Arizona

Where the Arizona patient care technician program numbers come from

Which Arizona patient care technician programs are on this list?

These are the patient care technician programs Arizona 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).9 The list here covers programs approved as of June 30, 2025. Schools that never applied for approval are missing, so this is a part of what Arizona offers.

How the prices and results of Arizona patient care technician 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.

Sources for the facts about patient care technician training in Arizona

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  1. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook: Nursing Assistants and Orderlies
  2. US Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov: About This Site
  3. US Department of Labor: WIOA Adult Program
  4. 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)
  5. US Department of Labor: American Job Centers
  6. US Department of Education, Federal Student Aid: Eligibility for Federal Student Aid
  7. US Department of Education, Federal Student Aid: Don't Miss Out on Federal Pell Grants
  8. US Department of Veterans Affairs: GI Bill benefits for non-college degree programs
  9. 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