Kredibbiltà
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.
Dak li jiswa biex tikseb — in-nofs tan-nofs tal-firxa.
Xhur ta' taħriġ, full time. part time jieħu aktar żmien.
Xhur tal-primjum tal-paga meħtieġa biex ikopru dak l-ispiża. Mhux xhur sakemm inti huma quddiem globalment - il-ħin tat-taħriġ hawn fuq jiġi l-ewwel.
Sors: US Department of Education, College Scorecard, Field of Study data, 2026 · Ħarsa ġenerali
X’inhi dik il-figura tal-ispiża, u x’mhux
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.
Kemm-il persuna għandhom dan, u kemm huma jaħdmu fil-qasam
Kemm jaqilgħu dan kull sena
53,362 people who passed the NCLEX-PN licensing exam — 2025, calendar year 2025.
M’aħniex qed inbiddlu dan f’perċentwal. Dan huwa fluss annwali — il-persuni li kisbu l-kredenzjali f’sena waħda. Figuri impjiegi huma stokk permanenti, kulħadd jaħdem fl-okkupazzjoni f’ħin wieħed. Dividing fluss fi stokk jipproduċi numru li jaqra bħal rata kiri u mhuwiex wieħed. Fejn aħna żżomm għadd permanenti ta detenturi kredenzjali aħna jippubblikaw l-ishma impjegati; hawnhekk aħna ma għandniex wieħed, hekk aħna jippubblikaw il-fluss u tieqaf.
X’jinkludi dak il-kont: 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) · Ħarsa ġenerali
X’ġara lill-persuni li spiċċaw it-taħriġ
Erba’ snin wara li tlestiet — ċifra għall-kodiċi tal-programm, mhux għal dan ix-xogħol biss
Ta’ 47,882 nies li temmew Practical nursing and nursing assistant training, undergraduate certificate or diploma u ma baqgħux jistudjaw erba' snin wara, 2,047 ma kellu l-ebda qligħ fuq rekord fil-livelli kollha — 4.3%. Dawk li kienu qed jaħdmu akkwistaw medjan ta’ $56,073, bin-nofs tan-nofs bejn $37,200 u $76,301.
“L-ebda qligħ irreġistrat” mhuwiex “min ma għandux impjieg”. Il-kejl huwa n-nuqqas ta’ kwalunkwe rekord ta’ paga u kwalunkwe dħul pożittiv minn impjieg indipendenti għas-sena kollha. Ħadd ma kien mistoqsi jekk riedx jaħdem, għalhekk il-kalkolu jżomm persuni li telqu mill-forza tax-xogħol b’għażla tagħhom — biex irabbu t-tfal, jieħdu ħsieb, jivvjaġġaw, jgħixu fuq id-dħul ta’ xi ħadd ieħor, imorru barra minn pajjiżhom — flimkien ma’ dawk kollha li riedu xogħol u ma kellhom ebda wieħed. Ħadd ma jippubblika l-qsim u aħna ma nistgħux naħsbu. Dak li jistabbilixxi huwa kemm-il persuna temmew dan it-taħriġ u ma kienu qed jaqilgħu xejn minnu jew minn xi ħaġa oħra erba’ snin wara, li huwa eżattament dak li ċ-ċifra tal-paga ta’ hawn fuq ma tistax tgħidlek.
U din il-figura mhijiex speċifika għal dan ix-xogħol. Il-gvern federali jippubblika r-riżultati tal-programm f'granularità b'erba 'ċifri u mhux aktar, u l-programmi ta' din il-kredenzjali jaqsmu l-kodiċi tagħhom ma 'oħrajn. Għalhekk il-figura tiddeskrivi lil kulħadd li lesta xi ħaġa taħt dak il-kodiċi f'dan il-livell, mhux biss il-persuni li marru jagħmlu din ix-xogħol.
X’jikkopri dak il-kodiċi tal-programm: 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.
Min hu fil-kohort: Il-popolazzjoni ta’ persuni li temmew l-istudji tagħhom u li rċevew għajnuna federali għall-istudenti — madwar nofs l-istudenti tal-ewwel sena fl-Istati Uniti, u n-nofs l-ieħor mhumiex imkejla hawnhekk. Nies li marru għal aktar studju mhumiex fl-ebda kolonna. Id-Dipartiment tneħħi istituzzjonijiet b’kohorti żgħar wisq biex tippubblika u żżid ħoss statistika għall-bqija, għalhekk dan huwa somma fuq l-istituzzjonijiet kbar biżżejjed biex tirrapporta: 643 ta’ dawn, irkupraw 84.2% tal-għadd nazzjonali tad-Dipartiment stess għal dan il-programm. Tneħħija tal-programmi rappurtar iżgħar timxi r-rata minn 0.0 punti perċentwali.
Sors: US Department of Education, College Scorecard, Field of Study data, 2026 — release of 10 June 2026; measured four years after completion · Ħarsa ġenerali · l-istess figura għal kull programm nistgħu tippubblika
X'jħallik tagħmel
Il-paga tappartjeni għax-xogħol, mhux għall-kredenzjali, u dawn huma l-professjonijiet li tikkwalifika għalihom.
| Xogħol | Huwa meħtieġ? | Medjan | Impjegati |
|---|---|---|---|
| Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses | Legally required to hold the job | $64,400 | 648,410 |
Paga medjana u impjieg: BLS Statistika dwar l-Impjiegi u l-Paga Okkupazzjonali, Mejju 2025.
Tħallas għaliha nnifisha?
L-impjieg dan unlocks tħallas medjan ta $64,400. Il-medjan ponderat tal-impjiegi f’kull okkupazzjoni li nippubblikaw huwa $50,020, hekk il-primjum għall-pussess dan huwa dwar $14,380 sena qabel it-taxxa.
Aqra dan bħala tqabbil ma’ impjieg medju, mhux mal-impjieg tiegħek. X’inhi dik il-linja bażi, u x’tħalli barra
U dan jassumi inti tikseb l-impjieg. Kull figura payback fuq dan is-sit hija kondizzjonali fuq li jiġu mikrija fix-xogħol.Din hija l-preżunzjoni l-kredenzjali-detentur għadd hawn fuq teżisti biex jittestjaw, u huwa l-preżunzjoni kull sit ħlas ieħor jagħmel silenzjuż.
X’għandek bżonn qabel ma tibda
- A place on a state-approved practical nursing programme
M’għandekx tagħmel dan jekk
- 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
Il-kredenzjali kollha, skont il-perjodu ta’ ħlas lura · Kif jiġi kkalkulat dan · Fittex xi ħaġa oħra