4 accredited schools across the Los Angeles metro area trained 189 phlebotomists in 2023–24. Here’s how they compare on cost, length and size, plus what the job pays locally.
Updated October 2026 · Data: IPEDS 2023–24, BLS May 2025
Sorted by number of 2023–24 graduates (IPEDS), a proxy for program size and stability.
104 Phlebotomy credentials awarded in 2023–24 at this private for-profit two-year college, the 3rd-most in the state.
46 Phlebotomy credentials awarded in 2023–24 at this private for-profit career school. Published tuition and fees plus books and supplies come to $2,020 for a program of about 2 months.
This private for-profit two-year college in Los Angeles County graduated 38 Phlebotomy students in 2023–24.
1 Phlebotomy credential awarded in 2023–24 at this public two-year college. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $1,472 ($11,356 out of state).
4 accredited schools in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area graduated 189 Phlebotomy students in 2023–24. The largest was Healthcare Career College with 104.
Among schools that published a program price, Universal Healthcare Careers College in Los Angeles listed the lowest total: $2,020 for tuition, books and supplies.
Phlebotomists in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro earn a median $52,940 a year ($25.45/hour), per BLS May 2025 data. That compares with $56,040 statewide and $45,230 nationally.
Many phlebotomy programs are short certificates, often a few weeks to a few months, including a required number of supervised blood draws.