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Patient care technician training in Pennsylvania

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

5 schools offer these patient care technician programs, and Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania, all 5 programs ask for a high school diploma or equivalent.

All 5 are the same kind of program: patient care technician course.

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How much does patient care technician training cost in Pennsylvania?

$3,255 to $4,000 is what most patient care technician programs in Pennsylvania cost if you pay yourself

That is the middle half of the 5 programs with a price. All of them: $2,599 to $4,994

In the typical program

Finished the program
Not enough data
1 program reports it; a typical figure needs 5
Working 6 months later
Left out
Pennsylvania'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
18 to 35 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 Pennsylvania may also offer patient care technician training. How these figures are made

Is there free patient care technician training in Pennsylvania?

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

All 5 patient care technician programs in Pennsylvania approved for WIOA funding

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5 programs

  • Patient care technician courseHybridHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Patient Care Technician

    Medcerts LLC

    Livonia, MI

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Medcerts LLC, Livonia, MIPatient care technician courseHybrid · High school diploma or equivalent

    Classes are outside Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania approved the program for its funding.

    Earned a year, estimated$24,200
    Price if you pay yourself$4,000

    5 students trained with WIOA funding

    Program website, Patient Care Technician at Medcerts LLC
    More details about Patient Care Technician at Medcerts LLC
    Finished
    43%
    Working at 6 months
    Left out
    Earned in a quarter
    $6,050
    Length
    24 weeks, 16 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    46
    Earned a year, estimated
    $24,200
    Price if you pay yourself
    $4,000
    students trained with WIOA funding
    5
    Program website, Patient Care Technician at Medcerts LLC

  • Patient care technician courseHybridHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Patient Care Technician

    Bethlehem Area Vocational Technical School

    Bethlehem

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Bethlehem Area Vocational Technical School, BethlehemPatient care technician courseHybrid · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$2,599
    Program website, Patient Care Technician at Bethlehem Area Vocational Technical School
    More details about Patient Care Technician at Bethlehem Area Vocational Technical School
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    35 weeks, 6 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    $460
    Students counted
    Not reported
    Earned a year, estimated
    Not reported
    Price if you pay yourself
    $2,599
    Program website, Patient Care Technician at Bethlehem Area Vocational Technical School

  • Patient care technician courseOnlineHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Patient Care Technician

    Monroe Career & Technical Institute

    Based in Bartonsville, PA

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Monroe Career & Technical Institute, based in Bartonsville, PAPatient care technician courseOnline · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$3,255
    Program website, Patient Care Technician at Monroe Career & Technical Institute
    More details about Patient Care Technician at Monroe Career & Technical Institute
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    50 weeks, 6 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    $390
    Students counted
    Not reported
    Earned a year, estimated
    Not reported
    Price if you pay yourself
    $3,255
    Program website, Patient Care Technician at Monroe Career & Technical Institute

  • Patient care technician courseHybridHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Patient Care Technician Bootcamp

    QS Academy Inc.

    Austin, TX

    High school diploma or equivalent

    QS Academy Inc., Austin, TXPatient care technician courseHybrid · High school diploma or equivalent

    Classes are outside Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania approved the program for its funding.

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$3,450
    Program website, Patient Care Technician Bootcamp at QS Academy Inc.
    More details about Patient Care Technician Bootcamp at QS Academy Inc.
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    16 weeks, 17 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    None listed
    Students counted
    Not reported
    Earned a year, estimated
    Not reported
    Price if you pay yourself
    $3,450
    Program website, Patient Care Technician Bootcamp at QS Academy Inc.

  • Patient care technician courseOnlineHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Patient Care Technician

    Delaware County Community College

    Based in Media, PA

    Accredited school

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Delaware County Community College, based in Media, PAPatient care technician course · Accredited schoolOnline · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$4,994
    Program website, Patient Care Technician at Delaware County Community College
    More details about Patient Care Technician at Delaware County Community College
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    18 weeks, 10 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    $5
    Students counted
    Not reported
    Earned a year, estimated
    Not reported
    Price if you pay yourself
    $4,994
    Program website, Patient Care Technician at Delaware County Community College

How to pay for patient care technician training in Pennsylvania

WIOA funding can pay for patient care technician training in Pennsylvania

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.

Quick facts: Patient care technician training in Pennsylvania

lowest typical price among the states with enough programs to compare
6th of 15
patient care technician programs here, against the typical state's 3
5 vs 3

State comparisons use the same figures as the patient care technician training by state table: the middle program of each state, and only states with three or more schools for prices. Source: US Department of Labor, program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025).

Patient care technician training in Detroit, Allentown, Austin and other Pennsylvania cities

Choosing an area filters the program list above. 2 programs are online.

Other training in Pennsylvania

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

Where the Pennsylvania patient care technician program numbers come from

Which Pennsylvania patient care technician programs are on this list?

These are the patient care technician programs Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania offers.

How the prices and results of Pennsylvania 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.

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 patient care technician training in Pennsylvania

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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