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CNA classes in Texas
Texas has 18 accredited campuses awarding cna credentials. If you finish and work as a nursing assistant in Texas, expect to start around $30,620–$35,300 and reach a median of $37,500 with experience; the top quarter earn $43,070 or more (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025, Texas). Graduates of these Texas programs — every graduate, whatever job they took — earned a median of $33,863 in their first year, against $22,196 nationally; that is the figure used to rank campuses below.
What nursing assistants earn in Texas
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025; 88,680 employed in Texas. National median: $42,260.
Campuses in Texas, ranked by what their graduates earned
Cities: AlvinAthensBeevilleDallasGalvestonGrand PrairieHoustonIrvingMcAllenMount PleasantParisPharrPort ArthurSan AntonioUvaldeWeslaco
| Campus | City | Type | Grads / yr | Earnings, yr 1 | Program debt | Completion | Cost / yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Health School | Houston | for-profit | 34 | $45,063 | $12,200 | 84% | $37,485 |
| St Philip's College | San Antonio | Public | 17 | $41,213 | $6,500 | not reported | not reported |
| Lamar State College-Port Arthur | Port Arthur | Public | 5 | $35,034 | not reported | 45% | not reported |
| Southwest Texas Junior College | Uvalde | Public | 95 | $33,863 | $9,000 | 31% | not reported |
| South Texas College | McAllen | Public | 65 | $27,764 | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Pima Medical Institute-Houston | Houston | for-profit | 9 | $25,047 | $8,894 | 71% | $26,251 |
| Valley Grande Institute for Academic Studies | Weslaco | non-profit | 11 | $24,899 | $7,917 | 80% | $17,905 |
| Rio Grande Valley College | Pharr | for-profit | 163 | not reported | $13,087 | 72% | $27,246 |
| Arlington Career Institute | Grand Prairie | for-profit | 115 | not reported | not reported | 73% | $28,195 |
| Dallas College | Dallas | Public | 88 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| CTK Healthcare & Career Institute | Irving | for-profit | 87 | not reported | not reported | 96% | $13,655 |
| Alvin Community College | Alvin | Public | 80 | not reported | $4,500 | not reported | not reported |
| Trinity Valley Community College | Athens | Public | 41 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Coastal Bend College | Beeville | Public | 19 | not reported | not reported | 25% | not reported |
| South Texas Training Center | Pharr | for-profit | 19 | not reported | not reported | 88% | not reported |
| Northeast Texas Community College | Mount Pleasant | Public | 12 | not reported | $10,500 | 56% | not reported |
| Galveston College | Galveston | Public | 5 | not reported | $9,500 | not reported | not reported |
| Paris Junior College | Paris | Public | 2 | not reported | not reported | 38% | not reported |
Earnings are median wages and self-employment income reported to the IRS (W-2 and Schedule SE) for graduates who received federal aid and were working and not enrolled, measured in the calendar year after finishing. They are pay only: health insurance, retirement contributions and other benefits are not included.
Ranked by median earnings of this program's graduates one year after completion (College Scorecard field-of-study, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2022-23 Completions survey; College Scorecard June 2026; Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs (DAPIP), September 2026); campuses without a reported figure follow, by credentials awarded. "Program debt" is the median federal loan debt for graduates of this program at this campus. Completion is the campus-wide 150%-of-time rate. "Not reported" means the federal file suppresses the value for privacy.