Indiana·Healthcare Support Occupations·SOC 31-9097

Best programs to become a phlebotomist in Indiana

1 Indiana school offers programs that train phlebotomists, graduating 172 people a year. Phlebotomists in Indiana earn a median of $39,250 across about 2,410 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

You do not need a college degree to become a phlebotomist. The field of study that leads most directly to this job in Indiana is Phlebotomy Technician/Phlebotomist (IPEDS completions). BLS lists a postsecondary nondegree award (a certificate) as the typical entry-level education.

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Also calledPhlebotomistMobile ExaminerPhlebotomy TechnicianLab Liaison TechnicianVenipuncturistMobile PhlebotomistTravel PhlebotomistClinical Phlebotomist
Graduates / yr
172
in Indiana
Median pay · Indiana
$39,250
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
2,410
people employed
Schools
1
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
40%
across those schools
Median net price
—
per year, IPEDS

1 program in Indiana that leads to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in Indiana (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Indiana page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
1
CIP 51.1009In Indiana →
172
100.0%
1$49,401$19,848

Top 1 schools in Indiana

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 1 of the 1 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1Ivy Tech Community College
Indianapolis, IN Public · 1 feeder program
172Phlebotomy Technician/Phlebotomist$23,16640%——

All 1 schools in Indiana

Every school in Indiana with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.

All schools in Indiana that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolisPublic1721

Fields of study in Indiana that lead to this job

Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.

What phlebotomists earn in Indiana

What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.

Median annual in Indiana
$39,250
Mean annual
$41,770
Jobs in state
2,410
What the range looks like
10th pct$35,870Median$39,25090th pct$48,290
Versus the national median
-13.2%

U.S. median $45,230. Indiana pays below the national figure.

Job concentration
0.81×

1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.

Metro areas in Indiana

Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN
$41,550median
830 jobs
Fort Wayne, IN
$37,550median
100 jobs
Elkhart-Goshen, IN
$38,730median
70 jobs
Evansville, IN
$38,720median
220 jobs
Terre Haute, IN
$37,400median
140 jobs
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI
$38,070median
130 jobs
Muncie, IN
$36,000median
40 jobs

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34
+5.6%
Faster than average
Openings per year
18,400
new jobs plus replacements
Employment change
7,900
139,700 → 147,500
Typical entry education
Postsecondary nondegree award

Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.

How to get in

The full skills and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Phlebotomists page.

How to become a phlebotomist

Typical entry education
Postsecondary nondegree award

The same job in other states

Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.

Related careers in Indiana

Every major mapped to this job

The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.

All 1 majors mapped to Phlebotomists1 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
  • 51.1009Phlebotomy Technician/Phlebotomist

Common questions

Answers for people weighing phlebotomists programs in Indiana.

What degree do you need to become a phlebotomist?+

You do not need a college degree to become a phlebotomist. The field of study that leads most directly to this job in Indiana is Phlebotomy Technician/Phlebotomist (IPEDS completions). BLS lists a postsecondary nondegree award (a certificate) as the typical entry-level education.

Which college majors lead to becoming a phlebotomist?+

The field of study that leads most directly to this job in Indiana is Phlebotomy Technician/Phlebotomist (IPEDS completions). In all, 1 feeder program graduates about 172 people a year in Indiana (IPEDS completions).

How much do phlebotomists earn in Indiana?+

The median is $39,250 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 13.2% below the U.S. median of $45,230. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.

Is demand for phlebotomists growing?+

BLS projects a +5.6% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, faster than average, with roughly 18,400 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.

How many schools offer programs for this career in Indiana?+

1 institutions in Indiana reported graduates from at least one of the 1 program that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.

What other job titles do phlebotomists work under?+

Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Phlebotomist, Mobile Examiner, Phlebotomy Technician, Lab Liaison Technician among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 31-9097.

About the data on this page

Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).

  • BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics

    May 2025

    Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.

  • BLS Employment Projections

    2024–34

    Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.

  • IPEDS Completions

    2024-25 (provisional)

    Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.

  • College Scorecard, Field of Study

    2020-21 cohorts

    Median graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.

  • Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes

    latest available

    Graduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.

  • NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk

    CIP 2020 / SOC 2018

    Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.

  • O*NET Database 30.3

    30.3

    Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.

    Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA

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