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CNA classes in Atlanta, Georgia

Published July 15, 2026 · Updated July 22, 2026

The Atlanta area has 101 state-approved CNA programs. Only 46 list a price, from $500 to $2,099. CNAs here earn a median $18.92/hr. Georgia’s HOPE Career Grant only covers technical-college programs, not the private ones.

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  • Data verified July 22 2026
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CNA programs in the Atlanta area

Atlanta Technical College’s Nurse Aide TCC runs one semester and 13 credit hours inside the college’s Allied Health Science department, and finishing it makes you eligible to sit the National Nurse Aide Assessment Program exam for the Georgia registry. It carries a state program code, CN21, which is how Georgia’s grant lists refer to it. The 46 programs below that post tuition run $500 to $2,099, and some are shorter. When you call, ask how long the program runs, when classes meet, and whether it carries a code the state’s grant lists recognize.

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Verified July 22, 2026 against each program’s published materials. We check this carefully, but tuition and fees change and aren’t guaranteed here, so confirm the current cost directly with the school before you enroll.Run one of these programs and need a correction? Email [email protected]. Some listings may be advertisers; see our advertising disclosure.
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Cheapest CNA classes in Atlanta

The cheapest class here is $500 at Morgan Medical Center, but it’s in Madison, not Atlanta, and you would be driving out there for every class and every clinical shift for weeks. The cheapest one in Atlanta itself is Care One Institute at $1,050. Ask both what the price includes before you compare them, because the cheaper the class, the more likely that price is tuition and nothing else.

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Is the cheapest class the best value?

Not always, and in Georgia the reason is money you might not be counting. Every class here is state-approved and the Nurse Aide Registry does not record where you trained, so paying less does not get you a lesser certificate. But Atlanta Technical College’s CN21 program qualifies for the HOPE Career Grant, which covers part of your tuition, and the small private programs at the bottom of this page generally do not, because that grant is built for technical-college programs. With the grant applied, the college class can cost you less than the $500 one.

Ways to pay

Get reimbursed after you’re hired. You may qualify for pro-rata reimbursement of eligible training costs if a Medicare- or Medicaid-certified nursing home hires you within 12 months of paying for your own training (federal rule 42 CFR 483.152). Ask the facility how it handles reimbursement.

If you qualify for Georgia’s HOPE Grant, check whether your CNA program also carries the HOPE Career Grant designation. The Georgia Student Finance Commission’s FY2025 Programs of Study list names ‘CN21 Nurse Aide Health Science Certificate’ as an eligible healthcare credential, the exact program code Atlanta Technical College teaches. That listing means you can draw the Career Grant’s added per-credit-hour award on top of your standard HOPE Grant, so a qualifying program ends up cheaper than the sticker price suggests.

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Where you’ll work

Where CNAs work in Atlanta

Grady Health System can put you in two very different jobs without changing your badge. On the acute-care side downtown it runs a Certified Nursing Assistant/ Patient Safety Monitor track, where ADL care comes with continuous observation of the patients most at risk. On the skilled-nursing side it staffs Crestview Nursing Home, which is long-term care and a different rhythm entirely. Work out which one you want before you apply.

Hospitals (12)

Emory University Hospital1364 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30322404-712-2000Careers ↗
Grady Memorial Hospital80 Jesse Hill Jr Dr SE, Atlanta, GA 30303404-616-1000Careers ↗
Piedmont Atlanta Hospital1968 Peachtree Rd NW, Atlanta, GA 30309404-605-5000Careers ↗
Northside Hospital Atlanta1000 Johnson Ferry Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30342404-851-8000Careers ↗
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta – Arthur M. Blank Hospital2220 N Druid Hills Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30329404-785-5437Careers ↗

Nursing homes & skilled nursing (12)

A.G. Rhodes Atlanta350 Boulevard SE, Atlanta, GA 30312404-688-6731Careers ↗
A.G. Rhodes Wesley Woods1819 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30329404-315-0900Careers ↗
A.G. Rhodes Cobb900 Wylie Rd SE, Marietta, GA 30067770-427-8727Careers ↗
Parkside at Budd Terrace1833 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30329Careers ↗
The William Breman Jewish Home3150 Howell Mill Rd NW, Atlanta, GA 30327

Home health agencies (9)

Amedisys Home Health – Lawrenceville595 Hurricane Shoals Rd NW, Suite 200, Lawrenceville, GA 30046770-995-7802Careers ↗
Enhabit Home Health – Atlanta5887 Glenridge Dr, Suite 130, Atlanta, GA 30328678-732-3470Careers ↗
CenterWell Home Health – Sandy Springs1303 Hightower Trail, Atlanta, GA 30350
Visiting Nurse Health System5775 Glenridge Dr NE, Suite E200, Atlanta, GA 30328404-215-6000Careers ↗
Aveanna Healthcare – Atlanta400 Interstate North Pkwy SE, Suite 1600, Atlanta, GA 30339770-441-1580Careers ↗

Hospice care (9)

Wellstar Community Hospice – Tranquility at Kennesaw Mountain475 Dickson Ave NW, Marietta, GA 30064Careers ↗
Hospice Atlanta Center (Visiting Nurse Health System)1244 Park Vista Dr NE, Atlanta, GA 30319404-869-3000Careers ↗
Agape Hospice Care (Three Oaks Hospice)1395 S Marietta Pkwy SE, Building 750, Suite 730, Marietta, GA 30067Careers ↗
Amedisys Hospice – Lawrenceville595 Hurricane Shoals Rd NW, Lawrenceville, GA 30046Careers ↗
Sacred Journey Hospice138 Peach Dr, McDonough, GA 30253678-583-0717Careers ↗

Assisted living (13)

Sunrise at Huntcliff Summit I8592 Roswell Rd, Sandy Springs, GA 30350770-552-3000Careers ↗
Brookdale Sandy Springs1262 Hightower Trail, Sandy Springs, GA 30350678-926-2448Careers ↗
Belmont Village Senior Living Buckhead5455 Glenridge Dr, Atlanta, GA 30342Careers ↗
Corso Atlanta3200 Howell Mill Rd NW, Atlanta, GA 30327Careers ↗
Village Park Alpharetta12300 Morris Rd, Alpharetta, GA 30005Careers ↗

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CNA pay

What CNAs earn in Atlanta

$18.92/hr Atlanta-metro median · about $39,350/yr

Depending on your setting and experience, expect somewhere between $16.15 and $23.32 an hour (the 10th to 90th percentile across the Atlanta metro).

At $18.92/hr, Atlanta pays a little above the Georgia statewide median of $18.12.

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025, Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta metro area (OEWS area 12060)

What moves you up the range

Three things, in the order they usually pay off: shift, setting, and time on the job. Nights, weekends and holidays carry a differential almost everywhere, and picking up those shifts is the fastest raise available to a new aide. Hospitals and hospital-run skilled nursing generally start higher than freestanding nursing homes or agency home care, though the home-care schedule can be worth more than the hourly gap. Experience moves you less than either in the first year. Compare a few of the 55 Atlanta-area listings below against the median above before you take the first offer.

After your class

Where you’ll take the CNA exam near Atlanta

Georgia’s nurse aide competency exam is run by Credentia. Finish a state-approved program first, then register and schedule the written and skills test through Credentia’s CNA365 platform. The exam runs about $130. Passing lists you on the Georgia Nurse Aide Registry.

Atlanta-area test sites

Georgia’s nurse aide credential runs through Credentia, not a state testing office, so once you finish training at a program like Atlanta Technical College’s CN21 track, you’ll book your test date directly with them. You pass, and you’re listed on the Georgia Nurse Aide Registry, the record employers actually check.

Good Nursing & Medical Training1254 Beaver Ruin Rd, Suite 200, Norcross, GA 30093
NV Enterprises Training Academy155 Westridge Pkwy, Suite 301, McDonough, GA 30253
Health Plus Medical Institute8323 Office Park Dr, Douglasville, GA 30134
Georgia sets the requirements, and they’re the same in every city. To work in Atlanta you’ll finish one of the 101 state-approved programs above (85 hours minimum), pass the Credentia exam, and land on the Georgia Nurse Aide Registry. How to become a CNA in Georgia →
Common questions

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Sources & methodology

How we verify this page

We build this page from the Georgia Nurse Aide Registry and approved-training guide (which programs are state-approved), each program’s own published materials (cost, hours, and schedule), Credentia (the state exam), and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (pay). Tuition and fees change and aren’t guaranteed here, so confirm the current cost directly with the school before you enroll.

Last verified July 22, 2026. Spot a mistake, or run one of these programs? Email [email protected].

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