Phlebotomy Classes and Training Programs in Garland, TX

You can train as a phlebotomist in a single semester, and Texas does not license the role, so employers set the real standard. Classes typically run 4 to 16 weeks and 40 to 200 hours, at a community college or a private training center. Garland students often commute to programs in Dallas, Addison or Grand Prairie.

The real trade-offs are cost, clinical access and schedule. Tuition, exam fees and supplies vary widely, and programs differ on how many live draws they guarantee. Local employers expect a national certification, so the class you pick should prepare you to sit one.

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Where Garland Phlebotomists Work: Hospitals, Labs and Blood Centers

Garland phlebotomists work in three kinds of settings, and the day-to-day differs more by setting than by job title.

Hospitals and clinics

Baylor Scott & White Health has a Garland presence across hospitals, urgent-care centers, emergency rooms and clinics, including a site at 7217 Telecom Pkwy. Methodist Health System, Parkland, Texas Health Resources and UT Southwestern are major Dallas-area systems, though current Garland openings aren't confirmed. Inpatient work usually means early-morning rounds, drawing patients before the day's tests are reviewed. Urgent care and ER draws are less predictable.

Outpatient and reference labs

Quest Diagnostics listed a full-time, on-site Phlebotomist I job in Garland, Monday to Friday, 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM with rotational weekends. Duties covered specimen collection, drug screens, biometric screening and insurance exams. Quest's Garland posting is a full-time, on-site Phlebotomist I role at 3200 Broadway Blvd.¹ Labcorp appears among Garland employers in 2026 listings, but no address or open position is confirmed.¹ Patient service center work is steady and high-volume, with many short, scheduled draws.

Blood donation centers

Carter BloodCare's Garland Donor Center, at 6850 North Shiloh Rd, Suite V, has 12 donor beds and takes whole blood, double red cell, platelet and plasma donations. The work is donor screening and collection, repeated through the day. Plasma centers such as Octapharma Plasma (Garland) and BioLife Plasma Services also hire.² One job aggregator shows BioLife Plasma Services starting from $17 an hour.²

Commute geography

Garland sits next to Mesquite, Rowlett and Richardson, with Plano and central Dallas a drive away. That puts hospitals, labs and donor centers across several cities within realistic reach.

Texas doesn't license phlebotomists, but most employers still expect national certification.

Online, Evening and Weekend Phlebotomy Classes, and Where You'll Draw Blood

A hybrid phlebotomy course is not the same as a fully online one, because no fully online path to this credential exists. Lecture material, safety modules and terminology can move to a screen. Needle work cannot. Every program that leads to a national exam has to get you in front of real arms.

What Has to Happen in Person

Live venipunctures and capillary (fingerstick) draws are hands-on skills, and schools deliver them through a supervised clinical or externship placement. Dallas College pairs 120 classroom and lab hours with a required 120-hour clinical externship, and the program runs about 12 weeks with evening and weekend sessions.¹ Collin College requires a pre-externship competency review² before students start clinical rotations, plus immunization records, a background check and a TB test from the past 12 months.³

Where You'll Draw, and How Many Sticks

Programs rarely publish a fixed minimum number of successful draws, and the ones reviewed here do not. That matters, because the NHA CPT and ASCP PBT exams expect documented live sticks. Ask any school two questions before you enroll: how many successful venipunctures and capillary punctures will I complete, and who supervises them?

Some programs send students to affiliated hospitals and clinics rather than naming sites in advance. Get the placement process in writing, along with the schedule, so you know whether your draws happen on weekday shifts, evenings or weekends.

College Certificates vs. Private Training Centers Within Commuting Distance of Garland

No program is confirmed inside Garland city limits, so the closest verified options are Dallas College's workforce phlebotomy tracks in Dallas, a drive of roughly 15 to 25 miles depending on campus. These community college options run from about two months full-time to a full semester and include a supervised clinical externship. Private training centers serve the area too, but none had confirmed costs and lengths, so call any private school directly for current tuition, start dates and clinical hours before comparing it with the rows below.

What Phlebotomists Earn Around Dallas-Fort Worth and Across Texas

Texas phlebotomists earned a median of $39,770 a year in May 2024, below the national median of $44,390. About 13,410 phlebotomists worked statewide, and roughly 4,070 worked in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro as of May 2023. Because a May 2024 wage breakdown for the metro is not reported, the bar shows the statewide spread instead: the low end ($32,500) is closer to typical new-graduate starting pay, and the top end ($54,770) reflects experienced or specialized roles. Use these figures as a guide, since offers from individual Dallas-area employers may differ.

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Top Phlebotomy Schools for Garland Students

Below are the top phlebotomy programs serving Garland students, ranked by cost, outcomes and program fit. Each entry is a real, enrollable program within commuting distance of the city, with the details that matter most: what the credential is, how long it takes, what it costs and what graduates need before sitting a national exam.

Rank	School	Location	Net price	Best for
#1	The University of Texas at Arlington	Arlington, TX	~$14,000/yr (est.)	Evening learners wanting a university certificate
UT Arlington is a public university that runs phlebotomy through its Health Careers Institute as a non-credit continuing education certificate rather than a for-credit degree. Students complete 80 classroom hours in a controlled skills lab, then sit for the National CPT exam, with externship placement set at first-day orientation. The school's overall graduation rate is 54%. Arlington sits west of Garland across the metro, so the evening sections that meet twice a week after 6 p.m. are what make this program workable for a commuter. Phlebotomy Technician, Certificate or Diploma — Hybrid $3,000 program tuition covers textbooks, scrubs and CPR training 80 classroom hours in a controlled skills lab Evening sections meet Monday and Wednesday, 6 to 10 p.m. Tuition includes one attempt at the National CPT certification exam Externship placement set during first-day orientation Online voucher-and-lab option available for $2,395 Covers anatomy of the blood system and specimen handling Visit Website
#2	Concorde Career College-Dallas	Dallas, TX	$25,000 – $30,000/yr (est.)	Dallas-area career changers seeking campus classes
Concorde Career College's Dallas campus is a private career school that builds phlebotomy training around repeated draw practice rather than lecture alone. The diploma runs three months and 5.5 credit hours, with classes on campus two days a week, and the credits can roll into Concorde's Medical Assistant diploma. The school's overall graduation rate is 60%. This campus sits nearest to Garland of the schools on this list and states convenient access from the city, which keeps a twice-weekly schedule realistic for local students. Get Details →Sponsored Phlebotomy Technician Diploma — On-Campus Three-month diploma program, 5.5 total credit hours On-campus classes two days a week, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. At least 30 venipunctures and 10 capillary punctures in lab Concorde covers the first certification exam attempt fee Tuition applies toward the Medical Assistant diploma Financial aid and scholarships available to those who qualify Advanced credit possible by proficiency exam Visit Website
#3	Concorde Career College-Grand Prairie	Grand Prairie, TX	~$31,000/yr (est.)	Employed adults balancing shift work and study
Concorde's Grand Prairie campus offers the same three-month Phlebotomy Technician diploma as its Dallas site, with coursework in venipuncture, capillary draws, sample logging and infection control. Classes are scheduled so students can keep working while enrolled, and credits apply toward the school's eight-month Medical Assistant diploma. The school's overall graduation rate is 55%. Grand Prairie lies west of Garland on the far side of the metro, so this entry mainly fits students already driving that direction or comparing a second Concorde site. Get Details →Sponsored Phlebotomy Technician Diploma — On-Campus Diploma completed in as few as three months Trains for AMCA, NCCT or NHA certification exams Concorde covers one AMCA exam attempt Credits apply toward the eight-month Medical Assistant diploma Class schedule supports working while enrolled Covers venipuncture, capillary draws and infection control Prepares students to support anxious patients during draws Visit Website
#4	Remington College-Fort Worth Campus	North Richland Hills, TX	$26,000/yr (est. net price)
Remington College runs phlebotomy as a short non-credit certification prep course rather than a full certificate program, built around 30 hours of class time, review and lab work. The course fee covers the ebook, lab supplies, NHA exam prep materials and one attempt at the NHA exam. The school's overall graduation rate is 45%. The campus is on the far west side of the metro in North Richland Hills, so Garland students should weigh the drive against the low sticker price before committing. Phlebotomy Certification Prep, Certificate or Diploma — On-Campus $1,160 course fee includes ebook and lab supplies 30 hours of class time plus out-of-class work and review Prepares students for the NHA Phlebotomy Certification exam Fee covers one attempt at the NHA exam Non-credit course outside ACCSC institutional accreditation Visit Website
#5	Abilene Christian University	Addison, TX	$20,000 – $25,000/yr (est.)
Abilene Christian University delivers its Certified Phlebotomy Technician training entirely online through the university's professional education division, with rolling start dates and a lab kit shipped to each student. Coursework covers blood collection, post-collection procedures, point-of-care testing such as blood glucose readings, and a medical terminology module that can be tested out. Its listed Texas site is in Addison, but the program itself runs fully online, so there is no commute at all. Clinical hours are arranged separately and are not guaranteed. Certified Phlebotomy Technician, Certificate or Diploma — Online Fully online option 100% online training with rolling start dates Lab kit and aligned simulations included Complimentary NHA exam voucher upon eligibility Test out of the medical terminology module at 80% or higher Assignments must average 70% to pass Clinical site placement arranged separately and not guaranteed Visit Website

How to Vet a Garland Phlebotomy Program

Before you pay a deposit, run each program through these checks and ask for the answers in writing.

1. Texas approval status

   The Texas Workforce Commission regulates private career schools. Look the school up in the TWC Licensed Career Schools and Colleges Directory, which can show program cost, length, delivery method and completion and employment figures. A listing on the Eligible Training Provider System shows that a program record exists. It does not prove the campus you'd attend currently holds a TWC license.
2. Accreditation

   Community colleges carry institutional accreditation, usually from SACSCOC. Career schools may be accredited by agencies such as ABHES. NAACLS approval for phlebotomy programs exists but is uncommon. When a school names an accreditor, confirm it covers your campus and program. Graduate America, for example, cites ACCSC, COE and MSA-CESS, so ask which of those apply to its phlebotomy training.
3. Clinical guarantee

   Ask whether the school arranges your externship site or expects you to find one. Also ask how many supervised live draws are guaranteed before you finish.
4. Exam eligibility

   Confirm which national exam graduates qualify for, such as the NHA CPT, ASCP PBT, AMT RPT or NCCT NCPT. Check whether the exam fee is included in the quoted price.
5. Refund policy and funding

   Request the written refund policy before enrolling. If you plan to use WIOA funding through Workforce Solutions, confirm the program is approved to accept it.

Phlebotomy Training Programs Accepting Students Near Garland, TX

9 schools in the state offer this course through an education partner, with open enrollment and a national certification exam voucher. Request information to hear from the school directly.

Every Phlebotomy Training Program Near Garland, TX

5 schools within 40 miles, grouped by city. Select a program to see its highlights, and use the Website link for the school's own program page.

Phlebotomy Training FAQ for Garland Students

These answers cover the questions Garland students ask most often. Where the research does not give a Garland-specific figure, the answer says so and points to the nearest comparison, so confirm details with any school before you enroll.