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Personal trainer certification in Utah

2 personal trainer programs with costs, results and funding that can make them free

2 schools offer these personal trainer programs, and Utah has approved every one for workforce funding. Each shows its price if you pay yourself and how past students did.

Personal trainers lead and motivate individual clients or small groups through exercise. A high school diploma is the usual starting point, but personal trainers usually must be certified before they work with clients or gym members, and most also need CPR and first aid certification.1

In Utah, both programs ask for a high school diploma or equivalent.

By kind, the 2 programs here are personal trainer certification course (1 program) and fitness or exercise science (associate degree, 1 program).

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How much does personal trainer certification cost in Utah?

$4,000 to $9,631

from the lowest-priced program to the highest, if you pay yourself

These two programs

Finished the program
Not reported
Neither program reports it
Working 6 months later
Not reported
Neither program reports it
Earned a year, estimated
Not reported
Neither program reports it
Length
18 to 64 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 Utah may also offer personal trainer certification. How these figures are made

Is there free personal trainer certification in Utah?

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

All 2 personal trainer programs in Utah approved for WIOA funding

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2 programs

  • Personal trainer certification courseOnlineHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Physical Fitness Technician

    Medcerts, Livonia, Michigan

    Based in Livonia, MI

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Medcerts, Livonia, Michigan, based in Livonia, MIPersonal trainer certification courseOnline · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$4,000
    More details about Physical Fitness Technician at Medcerts, Livonia, Michigan
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    18 weeks, 16 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    Not reported
    Students counted
    Not reported
    Earned a year, estimated
    Not reported
    Price if you pay yourself
    $4,000

  • Fitness or exercise science (associate degree)In personHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Physical Fitness Technician

    Salt Lake Community College, All Locations

    Salt Lake City

    Accredited school

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Salt Lake Community College, All Locations, Salt Lake CityFitness or exercise science (associate degree) · Accredited schoolIn person · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$9,631
    Program website, Physical Fitness Technician at Salt Lake Community College, All Locations
    More details about Physical Fitness Technician at Salt Lake Community College, All Locations
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    64 weeks, 30 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    $1,277
    Students counted
    Not reported
    Earned a year, estimated
    Not reported
    Price if you pay yourself
    $9,631
    Program website, Physical Fitness Technician at Salt Lake Community College, All Locations

How to pay for personal trainer certification in Utah

WIOA funding can pay for personal trainer certification in Utah

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 personal trainer certification

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 personal trainer certification

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.

Other training in Utah

How personal trainer certification compares with the rest of allied health: Allied health programs in Utah

Where the Utah personal trainer program numbers come from

Which Utah personal trainer programs are on this list?

These are the personal trainer programs Utah 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 Utah offers.

How the prices and results of Utah personal trainer 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 Utah figures?

We leave out the share working 6 months later for Utah: its rates sit far below every other state's.

Sources for the facts about personal trainer certification in Utah

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  1. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook: Fitness Trainers and Instructors
  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