19 phlebotomy programs train students within 50 miles of Atwood, CA, nine of them within 25. The closest is Phlebotomy Training Specialists in Westminster, 12 miles away with a 40-hour externship. Published prices nearby start at $995 (Blue Haven Career College). The shortest is CA Trade Academy's one or two weekends of classes plus clinical training non-credit course.
9programs within 25 miles
19within 50 miles
$995lowest published cost
2 wkshortest program
$56,040median pay in California
Phlebotomy Technician Program (CPT1)
Non-credit courseOn campusExam fee included
- Hours
- 88 hours: 40+ classroom hours (20+ basic, 20+ advanced) plus a 40-hour externship
- Externship
- 40 hours
- Sticks required
- 50 successful venipunctures and 10 successful skin punctures
- Schedule
- Day, Evening and Weekend
- State approval
- CDPH-approved (California); leads to the California CPT I
Read Regan Career Institute's requirements: Phlebotomy Technician Program (CPT1)
Medical Assistant Specialist (Medical Assistant with Phlebotomy, CPT1)
Non-credit courseOn campusCalifornia CPT I
- Hours
- 700 total hours
- Externship
- Externship
- Published cost
- $5,999 total (2026-27)
- Schedule
- Day
- State approval
- CDPH-approved (California); leads to CPT I
Open the Downey Adult School course details: Medical Assistant Specialist (Medical Assistant with Phlebotomy, CPT1)
Phlebotomy Technician I (Basic and Advance)
Non-credit courseOn campus
- Length
- Basic: five class days (December 5, 6, 12, 13 and 19, 2026); Advance: three class days
- Hours
- 20-, 40- and 80-hour courses by experience level; the full course is 40 hours didactic and 40 hours practical
- Schedule
- Weekend
- State approval
- CDPH-approved (California); after the course and national exam, students apply to the State of California for CPT 1
Allied Professional Institute: dates, cost and how to apply: Phlebotomy Technician I (Basic and Advance)
Phlebotomy Technician
CertificateOn campusCalifornia CPT I
- Length
- 6 weeks (six Saturdays)
- Externship
- Clinical externship
- Sticks required
- 50 venipunctures and 10 skin punctures during the clinical externship
- Schedule
- Weekend
- State approval
- CDPH-approved (California); leads to CPT I
See Healthcare Career College's program page: Phlebotomy Technician
Phlebotomy
Certificate
- State approval
- CDPH-approved (California)
Long Beach City College admission and start dates: Phlebotomy
Working as a Phlebotomist Near Atwood
Phlebotomists in California earned a median of $56,040 a year ($27 an hour) in the Bureau of Labor Statistics' May 2025 survey, $10,810 above the national median of $45,230. The middle half of California's 13,520 phlebotomists earned between $47,800 and $62,790.
Hospitals hire phlebotomists, and so do outpatient labs, blood banks and clinics. Medicare lists 65 hospitals within 25 miles of Atwood, CA, 60 of them general or critical-access hospitals:
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Orange County - Anaheim Anaheim · 3 miles
- Providence St. Jude Medical Center Fullerton · 5 miles
- Anaheim Global Medical Center Anaheim · 5 miles
- Healthbridge Children's Hospital - Orange Orange · 6 miles
- Chapman Global Medical Center Orange · 6 miles
- Providence St. Joseph Hospital Orange · 6 miles
- Uci Health-orange Orange · 6 miles
- Children's Hospital of Orange County Orange · 6 miles
California sets its own rule. California requires a state phlebotomy certificate from the Department of Public Health before you draw blood as a phlebotomist. There are three levels: Limited Phlebotomy Technician for skin punctures, CPT I for skin punctures and venipuncture, and CPT II, which adds arterial punctures. Phlebotomy license requirements by state
Sources: BLS OEWS, phlebotomists (SOC 31-9097), May 2025; CMS Hospital General Information (data.cms.gov), distances measured from ZIP centroids.
Questions About Phlebotomy Training Near Atwood
Where is the closest phlebotomy program to Atwood, CA?
Phlebotomy Training Specialists in Westminster, about 12 miles away. Phlebotomy Training and includes a 40-hour externship.
How much do phlebotomy classes cost near Atwood, CA?
Published prices within 50 miles run from $995 at Blue Haven Career College to $5,999 at Downey Adult School. Each is the whole-program price the school lists; most leave out the certification exam fee, scrubs, a background check and immunizations.
What is the fastest phlebotomy program near Atwood, CA?
CA Trade Academy's Phlebotomy Technician Program takes one or two weekends of classes plus clinical training, the shortest stated length within 50 miles. Blue Haven Career College (2-week) is next.
Are there evening or weekend phlebotomy classes near Atwood, CA?
Yes. Phlebotomy Training Specialists (Westminster, evening and weekend), Charter Oak Adult Education (Covina, evening) and CA Trade Academy (Ontario, weekend) run evening or weekend sessions, among 12 programs nearby that do.
Which programs near Atwood, CA prepare you for certification?
Nine of the 19 programs listed here name a national exam on their own pages: CA Trade Academy (NHA CPT, ASCP PBT, NCCT NCPT, NPA and California CPT I), Downey Adult School (California CPT I), Healthcare Career College (California CPT I) and Saddleback College (California CPT I), and others.
How much do phlebotomists make in California?
A median of $56,040 a year, or $27 an hour, in the Bureau of Labor Statistics' May 2025 survey of 13,520 phlebotomists in California. The national median was $45,230.