Xisaab-celinta
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.
Waa maxay qiimaha uu leeyahay in la helo — badhtamaha qaybta.
Bilood tababarka, waqti buuxa. Waqtiga qaybta ka qaadataa waqti dheer.
Bilood ee mushaharka premium loo baahan yahay in ay ka buuxaan qiimahaas. Ma bilood ilaa aad ka hor inta kale — waqtiga tababarka kor ku xusan waa in hore.
Qoraalka: US Department of Education, College Scorecard, Field of Study data, 2026 · aragti
Waa maxay in qiimaha sawirka waa, iyo waxa ay tahay
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.
Tirada dadka haystaan, iyo inta badan oo ka shaqeeyaan ee dhulka
Tirada dadka ku kasbadaa sanad kasta
53,362 people who passed the NCLEX-PN licensing exam — 2025, calendar year 2025.
Waxaana aan ka dhigi in boqolkiiba. Tani waa qulqulka sanadlaha ah — dadka ku kasbaday aqoonsiga sanad. Shaqooyinka tirada waa saamiga taagan, qof kasta oo ka shaqeeya shaqada waqti isku mid ah. kala qaybinta qulqulka in saamiga soo saartaa tirada oo akhriya sida qiimaha shaqo la’aanta ah oo ma aha mid. Halka aan hayno tirada taagan ee haysta aqoonsiga waxaan daabacnaa qaybta loo shaqeeyay; halkan waxaan u lahayn mid, sidaas darteed waxaan daabacnaa qulqulka iyo joojinta.
Waxa tiradaas ku jira: 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) · aragti
Maxaa ka dhacay dadka oo dhammeeyey tababarka
Afar sano ka dib markii dhamaystirka — sawirka code barnaamijka, ma aha shaqadan oo keliya
Ama 47,882 dadka oo dhammeeyey Practical nursing and nursing assistant training, undergraduate certificate or diploma iyo ma ay wax ka baran afar sano ka dib, 2,047 ma laha wax mushahar ah oo ku saabsan diiwaanka oo dhan — 4.3%. Kuwa ahaa kuwa shaqeeyay ku kasbaday dhexdhexaad ah oo $56,073, la badhtamaha badhtamaha u dhexeeya $37,200 iyo $76,301.
"Ma jiro wax soo saarka ku qoran" ma aha "ka shaqayn". Miisaanka waa aan jirin wax diiwaanka mushaarka iyo wax kasta oo wanaagsan oo shaqo-abuurka mushaarka sanadka oo dhan. Qofna ma la weydiiyay haddii ay doonayaan shaqo, sidaas daraaddeed tirada dadka ka tagay shaqaalaha by doorasho - koritaanka carruurta, daryeel, safarka, ku nool qof kale oo mushaarka, ka tagay dibadda - la mid ah qof kasta oo doonayay shaqo oo aan lahayn. qofna ma daabaco kala qaybinta oo aan ka yaabay. waxa ay samayso waa in ay soo saaraan in dadka badan oo tababarkan dhamaystay oo ay waxba ka soo bixin ama wax kale afar sano ka dib, taas oo ah si dhab ah waxa mushaarka figure kor ku qoran ma kuu sheegi karo.
Iyo sawirkan ma aha mid gaar ah shaqadan. Dowladda federaalka ah ayaa daabaca barnaamijyada natiijada at afar-dhibcood granularity iyo wax ka yar, iyo barnaamijyada this aqoonsiga ee qaybiyaan code iyaga oo kale. Sidaas oo kale, sawirku wuxuu sharaxayaa qof kasta oo dhammeeyey wax kasta oo hoos ku qoran code in heerkan, ma aha oo kaliya dadka oo u dhaqaaqay in ay sameeyaan shaqadan.
Waxa code-ka barnaamijkaas ku saabsan: 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.
Cidda waa in cohort: completers oo helay deeq waxbarasho federal ah - in ka badan badh ardayda dhigata USA, iyo badhka kale ma la xisaabtamo halkan. Dadka oo u tegey in ay wax ka bartaan dheeraad ah ayaa ku jira mid kasta oo tiirka. Wasaaradda hoos u haysta hay'adaha la cohorts aad u yar oo ay daabacaan iyo ku daray codka tirakoobka in ay naafada ah, sidaas darteed tani waa lacag ka badan hay'adaha ku filan oo weyn in ay warbixin: 643 ka mid ah, soo kabashada 84.2% ee Wasaaradda ee xisaabta qaranka ee barnaamijkan. Ka qaadista barnaamijyada warbixinta ugu yar ee dhaqdhaqaaqa qiimaha by 0.0 dhibcood boqolkiiba.
Qoraalka: US Department of Education, College Scorecard, Field of Study data, 2026 — release of 10 June 2026; measured four years after completion · aragti · tirada la mid ah ee barnaamij kasta oo aan ku daabacan karno
Waxa ay kuu ogolaanaysaa inaad sameyso
Lacagta ku saabsan shaqada, ma aha in aqoonsiga. Kuwaas waa shaqooyinka ay ku siinaysaa aad u.
| Shaqada | Ma loo baahan yahay? | Dhexdhexaad | Shaqaale |
|---|---|---|---|
| Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses | Legally required to hold the job | $64,400 | 648,410 |
Lacagta dhexdhexaadka ah iyo shaqada: BLS Shaqada Shaqada iyo Tirakoobka Lacagta, May 2025.
Ma u bixisaa naftiisa?
Shaqada this furaysaa bixisaa mid ka mid ah $64,400. The shaqo-ku-dhiigsan midabka ka dhex shaqooyinka oo dhan aan daabacno waa $50,020, sidaas daraaddeed lacagta la siiyo si ay u qabtaan waxaa ku saabsan $14,380 sanad ka hor xisaabaadka.
Akhri in sida isbarbardhigga shaqo caadi ah, ma aha shaqadaada. Waa maxay in line baseline ah, iyo waxa ay ka tagto
Oo waxay u maleynayaan inaad shaqo hesho. Fiiri kasta oo lacagta dib u eegis ah ee goobtan waa shuruud ku ah in la siiyo shaqada. Taasi waa qiyaasta in la xisaabiyo aqoonsiga-qaadashada kor ku xusan ka jira in la tijaabiyo, iyo waa qiyaasta in kasta oo kale oo lacag ah goobta ka dhigi doonaa si qaylo leh.
Waxa aad u baahan tahay ka hor inta aadan bilaabin
- A place on a state-approved practical nursing programme
Ha samayn haddii
- 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
Dhammaan aqoonsiga, by waqti payback · Sidaan loo xisaabiyey · Ka eeg wax kale