Sifa ya Kustahili
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.
Gharama ya kupata nusu ya safu hiyo ni ile ya katikati.
Miezi mingi ya mazoezi, yaani, muda mrefu zaidi unachukua muda mrefu zaidi.
Miezi mingi ya malipo ya ziada yanayohitajiwa ili kulipia gharama hiyo, si miezi tu kabla ya kumaliza mafunzo hayo.
Chanzo: US Department of Education, College Scorecard, Field of Study data, 2026 · maoni
Gharama hiyo ni nini, na kile ambacho si kitu
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.
Ni watu wangapi walio na maoni hayo, na ni wangapi wanaofanya kazi shambani
Ni wangapi huchuma pesa hizo kila mwaka
53,362 people who passed the NCLEX-PN licensing exam — 2025, calendar year 2025.
Sisi hatugeuzi hilo kuwa asilimia moja. Hii ni mtiririko wa mwaka wa mwaka مA watu waliojipatia sifa ya ufanisi katika mwaka mmoja.
Hesabu hiyo inahusisha nini?: 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) · maoni
Kilichowapata watu waliomaliza mazoezi hayo
Miaka minne baada ya kukamilisha programu ya kompyuta ya ▶, si kwa ajili ya kazi hii pekee
ya 47,882 Ambao walifanya kazi kwa bidii. Practical nursing and nursing assistant training, undergraduate certificate or diploma Wala hawakuwa wenye kughafilika na yale ya baadaye. 2,047 Na lau kuwa si fadhila juu yake mngeli kusanya watu, 4.3%. Wale waliokuwa wakifanya kazi walipata umaarufu $56,073, Na baina ya makundi mawili hayo patakuwa pa katikati. $37,200 na $76,301.
faida za kupata kazi zote, Bradton, si kazi ya kuajiriwa ya 1725. Hatua ni kukosekana kwa rekodi yoyote ya mshahara na mapato yoyote chanya ya kazi ya mwaka mzima. Hakuna aliyeulizwa kama wanataka kazi, kwa hiyo idadi inashikilia watu walioacha kazi kwa kuchagua kulea watoto, kutunza, kusafiri, kuishi kwa mapato ya mtu mwingine, kuhamia nchi nyingine pamoja na kila mtu aliyetaka kazi na ambao hawana. Hakuna mtu anayetangaza kujigawanya na hatutakisia. Ni kwa namna gani watu wengi walikuwa wamemaliza mazoezi haya na hawakuchuma chochote kutoka kwa miaka minne au kitu chochote kile chochote, ambacho huwezi kusema juu ya kiasi kilicho juu ya juu.
Na tarakimu hiyo haihusu kazi hii moja kwa moja. Serikali ya serikali huchapisha matokeo ya programu hiyo kwa kiwango cha nne cha uungwaji mkono na siyo kwa ubora, na programu hizo za msingi zinaweka sheria zake pamoja na wengine.
Kile ambacho mfumo huo wa programu hufunika: 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.
Ambao wanapanda nyoyoni. Wauzaji wa vitabu waliopokea misaada ya wanafunzi wa serikali sio safu. Idara inadhibiti taasisi zenye ni ndogo sana kuweza kuchapisha na kuongeza kelele za takwimu kwa wale wengine, kwa hiyo hii ni kiasi cha fedha juu ya taasisi kubwa kiasi cha kutaarifu: 643 Katika hao, wanazidisha idadi. 84.2% ya Idara hiyo yenyewe. Kupunguza programu ndogo zaidi za kuripoti hufanya kiwango hicho kiongezeke kwa 0.0 Asilimia yataja.
Chanzo: US Department of Education, College Scorecard, Field of Study data, 2026 — release of 10 June 2026; measured four years after completion · maoni · tarakimu hiyohiyo kwa kila programu tuwezayo kuchapisha
Kile unachoruhusu ufanye
Malipo ni ya kazi, si ya matajiri, bali ni kazi unazostahili kufanya.
| Ayubu | Je, hilo lahitajiwa? | Median | Waajiriwa |
|---|---|---|---|
| Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses | Legally required to hold the job | $64,400 | 648,410 |
Malipo na ajira kutoka vyombo vya habari: Kazi ya Kuajiriwa ya BLS na Takwimu za Wage, Mei 2025.
Je, inajilipia?
Kazi hii ya kufungulia inaleta faida $64,400. Kila kazi tunayochapisha imepunguzwa sana na vyombo vya habari $50,020, Ndio jaza muwafaka. $14,380 Mwaka mmoja kabla ya kodi.
Soma andiko hilo ili ulinganishe kazi yako na kazi ya kawaida, bali si kazi yako. Msingi huo ni nini, na kile kinachoacha
Na inakufanya upoteze kazi hiyo. Kila mtu anayelipwa mshahara mdogo kwenye tovuti hii ana masharti ya kukodiwa ndani ya kazi hiyo. Hayo ni dhana ya kwamba idadi ya watu wenye sifa mbaya iko juu ya kupimwa, na ni dhana ya kila uwanja wa malipo ambayo kila uwanja mwingine hufanya kazi kimya - kimya.
Unachohitaji kabla ya kuanza
- A place on a state-approved practical nursing programme
Msipo fanya hivi itakuwako fitna katika nchi,
- 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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