Professional courseProfessional qualification
ACE Certified Personal Trainer
American Council on Exercise (ACE) · Online · provider based in United States
- Award
- ACE Certified Personal Trainer
- Subjects
- Fitness and wellness, Coaching education
- Delivery
- Online
- Price
- Price not published
About this program
Certification exam route for personal trainers, offered as an NCCA-accredited certification or a non-accredited online open-book ACE Certificate.
- Offering
- Professional course
- Subjects
- Fitness and wellnessCoaching education
- Teaching language
- English
Qualification and recognition
- Qualification level
- Professional qualification
- Exact award
- ACE Certified Personal Trainer
- Award status
- Professional-body credentialIssued by a professional or governing body (for example a coaching licence or practitioner certification). It is not an academic degree.
- Awarding body
- ACE
- Credential type
- Professional certificationA credential issued by a professional body after assessment. It is not an academic degree and is not a licence unless the body says so.
Stated by the providerNCCAQuality mark
Scope: Certification program accreditation as stated by the provider
Professional pathway
What this course is for, who can take it and what it does and does not lead to.
- Intended audience
- Personal trainers
- Prior professional registration
- Not published
Online and hybrid delivery
What is done online, and what still has to be done in person.
- Whole program online
- No: some parts are in person
- Instruction
- Live or asynchronous not stated
- Assessments in person
- NCCA-accredited exam: online or in-person, closed-book, live proctor.
Duration, schedule and dates
- Duration
- Not published
- Delivery
- OnlineTaught online. Check live versus recorded instruction, and any visits, labs, exams or placements that must be done in person.
- Physical attendance
- Attendance requirement not verified
- Schedule
- Not published
No upcoming dated session is published on the provider’s pages we checked.
Admissions
CPR/AED certification required before scheduling the exam.
Fees
Original currency is authoritative. Each price keeps its basis (per week, per camp, per term, per year, whole program) and is never converted. Installments are not totals.
| Item | Amount | Applies to | Dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| NCCA-accredited exam registration with a Personal Trainer Study ProgramRegistration fee · mandatoryConditions: $499 if purchased without a Study Program | $99one-time | All students | 19 October 2026Source |
No single total is published, so none is calculated here.
Sources and verification
Not published on the provider’s pages: price, duration, schedule. Contact the provider for details.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 19 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 19 October 2026)