Kredi
Licensed practical nurse licence (LPN/LVN)
The shortest licensed route into nursing: about a year of training and a national exam, for work that pays roughly two-thirds of what a registered nurse earns.
Ki sa li koute pou jwenn — mwatye mitan nan seri a.
Yon mwa de fòmasyon, tan plen. Tan pati pran plis tan.
Mois de la prime de salè ki nesesè pou kouvri sa koute. Pa mwa jiskaske ou se devan an jeneral — tan an nan fòmasyon anwo a vini premye.
Fonksyon: US Department of Education, College Scorecard, Field of Study data, 2026 · View
Ki sa sa a se yon valè, ak sa li pa se
Read this figure with one caveat: the federal programme code it comes from, CIP 51.39, covers practical and vocational nursing together with nursing-assistant training, and at certificate level the two cannot be separated. That range is median cumulative FEDERAL LOAN DEBT at completion, not a tuition sticker price and not total cost. It is what completers actually borrowed, so it excludes grants, savings, family money, employer funding and living costs — which makes it a FLOOR on what the credential costs, never a ceiling. The low and high figures are the 25th and 75th percentiles across the institutions that report a figure for this programme, so a quarter of institutions sit below the low end. College Scorecard pools two award years into each figure; the release used here is dated 10 June 2026.
About a year full time at most schools, longer part time. The exam at the end is the NCLEX-PN.
Renewal is every one to two years depending on the state.
Ki kantite moun ki gen sak ki kantite moun ki travay nan jaden an
Ki kantite moun ki resevwa sa chak ane
53,362 people who passed the NCLEX-PN licensing exam — 2025, calendar year 2025.
Nou pa pral fè sa tounen yon pousan. Sa a se yon flux ane a - moun ki te resevwa kredatif nan yon ane. Figi travay yo se yon stock ki chita, tout moun ki travay nan travay la nan yon moman. Divizyon an nan yon flux nan yon stock pwodwi yon nimewo ki li tankou yon pousantaj kontra ak se pa yon sèl. Lè nou kenbe yon kont ki chita de detentè kredatif nou pibliye pati ki te travay; isit la nou pa gen yon, se konsa nou pibliye flux la ak sispann.
Ki sa ki gen ladan kont la: Everyone who passed the NCLEX-PN during 2025 — first-time and repeat, US-educated and internationally educated. 68,996 sat it and 53,362 passed, a 77.3% pass rate. It is a count of exam passes in one year, not of people holding a practical-nurse licence today.
NCSBN, 2025 NCLEX Examination Statistics, Research Brief vol. 96 (June 2026), Table 12 (People newly credentialed during one year) · View
Ki sa ki te rive moun ki te fin antrene a?
Kat ane apre yo fin fini — yon chif pou kòd pwogram nan, pa pou travay sa a sèlman
Of 47,882 moun ki te fin Practical nursing and nursing assistant training, undergraduate certificate or diploma epi yo pa t ap aprann ankò 4 ane pita, 2,047 pa t gen okenn revni sou dosye a nan tout — 4.3%. Sa yo ki te travay te resevwa yon mwayèn de $56,073, ak mwatye mitan ant $37,200 ak $76,301.
“Pa gen okenn revni nan dosye” pa vle di “pa gen travay”. Se yon mezi ki montre pa gen okenn dosye sou salè ak okenn revni ki soti nan travay pou tèt ou pou ane a tout antye. Pa gen moun ki te mande si yo te vle travay, se poutèt sa kont la gen moun ki te kite fòs travay la pa chwa yo — pou yo te ka grandi pitit, pou yo te ka pran swen, pou yo te ka vwayaje, pou yo te ka viv sou revni yon lòt moun, pou yo te ka deplase aletranje — ansanm ak tout moun ki te vle travay men pa t gen okenn travay. Pa gen moun ki pibliye kantite sa a e nou pa pral fè yon deduksyon. Sa li montre se kantite moun ki te fini fòmasyon sa a epi ki pa t ap touche anyen de sa ni de nenpòt lòt bagay pandan kat ane, sa se egzakteman sa kantite salè ki anwo a pa ka di w.
Ak sa a pa se yon siyifikasyon jeneral nan travay sa a. Gouvènman federal la pibliye rezilta pwogram nan yon granulation de kat chif ak pa gen pi bon, ak pwogram sa a kredabl pataje kòd yo ak lòt moun. Se konsa, figi a dekri tout moun ki te konplete nenpòt bagay anba kòd sa a nan nivo sa a, pa sèlman moun ki te ale sou fè sa a travay.
Ki sa kòd pwogram lan kouvri: CIP 51.39 puts practical and vocational nursing — the LPN/LVN route — in the same code as nursing-assistant and orderly training, and at certificate level the two cannot be separated. Those are very different qualifications: one is a licensed clinical role reached after about a year, the other is a few weeks of training for work that pays far less. This figure is both of them together, and the mix is not published, so it may not be read as the LPN figure.
The same code that blocks a clean cost figure blocks a clean outcome figure: practical nursing and nursing-assistant training share it, and the mix is not published. Read the rate as covering both.
Ki moun ki nan gwoup la: Moun ki te ale sou pou etidye plis yo pa nan nenpòt nan kolòn yo. Depatman an supprime inivèsite ak cohorts twò ti pou pibliye ak ajoute bri statistique a rès la, se konsa sa a se yon kantite lajan sou inivèsite gwo ase pou rapòte: 643 100 nan yo, rekiperasyon 84.2% nan kont nasyonal Depatman an pou pwogram sa a. Dropping pi piti pwogram rapòte deplase pousantaj la pa 0.0 pousan pwen.
Fonksyon: US Department of Education, College Scorecard, Field of Study data, 2026 — release of 10 June 2026; measured four years after completion · View · menm chif la pou chak pwogram nou ka pibliye
Ki sa li pèmèt ou fè
Salè a gen rapò ak travay la, pa ak lisans lan. Sa yo se travay li bay ou dwa pou yo.
| Job | Èske li nesesè? | Median | Travayè |
|---|---|---|---|
| Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses | Legally required to hold the job | $64,400 | 648,410 |
Sit ofisyèl (an angle) Sit ofisyèl (an franse) Sit ofisyèl (an angle) BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.
Èske li peye pou li?
Travay sa a deblotché peye yon mwayèn de $64,400. Median emploi-pondérée nan tout travay nou pibliye se $50,020, Se konsa, prim pou kenbe sa a se sou $14,380 yon ane anvan taks.
Li sa a kòm yon konparasyon ak yon travay mwayèn, pa nan travay ou. Ki sa ki se bazline a, ak sa li pa gen ladan
Li pa t' gen okenn travay. Tout figi ranbousman sou sit sa a se kondisyonèl sou yo dwe anboche nan travay la. Sa a se supposition a kredatif-posede kont la anwo egziste pou teste, epi li se supposition a chak lòt sit peye fè san yo pa di anyen.
Ki sa ou bezwen anvan ou kòmanse
- A place on a state-approved practical nursing programme
Pa fè sa si
- you want to be a registered nurse eventually — bridging costs more in total than going straight to an associate degree
- you cannot pass a criminal background check
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