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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.

$9,485–$15,208

Ohun ti o n san lati gba — aago kejì tí a bá fi pamọ́.

12–18

Oṣù kọ̀ǹpútà, akoko tó kù. Oṣù kọ̀ǹpútà kan ló kù jú lọ.

8–13

Oṣù tí a fẹ́ lati fi owó pamọ́. Kò jẹ́ oṣù tí o tí n bọ́ ní gbo - àkókò ìṣàlàyélẹ̀ tí a fi pamọ́ ní òkè.

Àwọn Ìṣàmúlò-ètò: US Department of Education, College Scorecard, Field of Study data, 2026 · Àwọn ìṣàfihàn

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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.

Ìgbà wò nínú àwọn eniyan náà ní yìí, àti ìgbà wò nínú iṣẹ́ nínú ààyè-iṣẹ́ náà

Ìgbà wò nínú àwọn tí wọ́ inú yìí ní gbogbo odun

53,362 people who passed the NCLEX-PN licensing exam — 2025, calendar year 2025.

A ko ti i padanu eyi pada si ipọnju. Ó jẹ́ ìjánu-ìjánu-ìgbà - àwọn eniyan tí wọ́ inú ìpéwọ̀n nínú odun kan. Àwọn àwọn

Àwọn àwọn: 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) · Àwọn ìṣàfihàn

Àwọn ohun tí a tí ìṣẹ̀dá nínú àwọn eniyan tí wọ́n tí ìṣàmúlò-ètò náà

Àwọn odun mẹ́fá láti àkóónú — àwọn àwọn ìṣàmúlò-ètò fún àwọn ìṣàmúlò-ètò, kò ní fún iṣẹ́ yìí

Àwọn àwọn ààyè-iṣẹ́ 47,882 Àwọn eniyan tí wọ́n tí kọ̀ọ̀kan Practical nursing and nursing assistant training, undergraduate certificate or diploma ati ki o ti ko ti wa ni kọ ẹkọ mẹrin ọdun lẹhin, 2,047 kò ní àwọn owó tí a fi pamọ́ ní gbogbo — 4.3%. Awọn ti o ti wa ni iṣẹ gba median ti $56,073, pẹlú àwọn ààyè-iṣẹ́ àwọn ààyè-iṣẹ́ $37,200 àti $76,301.

“Awọn owo-ori ko si lori iwe-aṣẹ” kii ṣe “awọn ti ko ni iṣẹ”. Ìṣàmúlò-ètò náà nípa àwọn aagó tí a fi pamọ́ nínú àwọn aagó tí a fi pamọ́ nínú àwọn aagó tí a fi pamọ́ nínú àwọn aagó tí a fi pamọ́ nínú àwọn aagó tí a fi pamọ́ nínú àwọn aagó tí a fi pamọ́ nínú àwọn aagó tí a fi pamọ́ nínú àwọn aagó tí a fi pamọ́ nínú àwọn aagó tí a fi pamọ́ nínú àwọn aagó tí a fi pamọ́ nínú àwọn aagó tí a fi pamọ́ nínú àwọn aagó tí a fi pamọ́ nínú àwọn aagó tí a fi pamọ́ nínú àwọn aagó tí a fi pamọ́ nínú àwọn aagó tí a fi pamọ́ nínú àwọn aagó tí a fi pamọ́ nínú àwọn aagó tí a fi pamọ́ nínú àwọn aagó tí a fi pamọ́ nínú àwọn aagó tí a fi pamọ́ nínú àwọn aagó tí a fi pamọ́ nínú àwọn aagó tí a fi pamọ́ nínú àwọn aagó tí a fi pamọ́ nínú àwọn aagó tí a fi pamọ́ nínú àwọn aagó tí a fi pamọ́ nínú àwọn aagó tí a fi pamọ́ nínú àwọn aagó tí a fi pamọ́ nínú àwọn aagó tí a fi pamọ́ nínú àwọn aagó tí a fi pamọ́ nínú àwọn aagó tí a fi pamọ́ nínú àwọn aagó tí a fi pamọ́ nínú àwọn aagó tí a fi pamọ́ nínu

Atí pé àwọn Àwọn àwọn

Àwọn àwọn ìṣàmúlò-ètò àìṣàmúlò-ètò: 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.

Tí a bá fi àwọn àwọn ààyè-iṣẹ́ pamọ́ fullers ti won gba federal ọmọ ile-iwe ìmọ - nipa idaji ti US undergraduates, ati awọn miiran idaji ti ko ti a ti ayẹwo nibi. Awọn eniyan ti lọ lori si siwaju sii ẹkọ ni ko si ninu eyikeyi column. The Department suppresses institutions with cohorts too small to publish and adds statistical noise to the rest, so this is a sum over the institutions large enough to report: 643 ti wọn, ti n paṣẹ 84.2% ti a ti ṣe fun iṣẹ yii. Tí a bá fi àwọn ìṣàmúlò-ètò ìròyìn tí o kù jù lọ, a á gbé àwọn ìṣàmúlò-ètò náà lọ́wọ́lọ́wọ́ 0.0 Àwọn ìpèwọ̀n àwọn ìtàn.

Àwọn Ìṣàmúlò-ètò: US Department of Education, College Scorecard, Field of Study data, 2026 — release of 10 June 2026; measured four years after completion · Àwọn ìṣàfihàn · àwọn

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Àwọn owó tí a fi pamọ́ sí iṣẹ́, kò sí àwọn ìṣàmúlò-ètò. Àwọn yìí ní àwọn iṣẹ́ tí o fi pamọ́ sí ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ̀.

Àwọn iṣẹ́	Ṣe o fẹ́?	Àwọn ààyè-iṣẹ́	Àwọn Ìṣàmúlò-ètò
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	Legally required to hold the job	$64,400	648,410

Median owo ati iṣẹ: BLS Occupational Employment ati Wage Statistics, May 2025.

Ń bá jẹ́ pé ó ń gbá owó fun ara rẹ́?

Àwọn iṣẹ́ tí a tí ìpàdé yìí párá àwọn àwọn ìṣàmúlò-ètò $64,400. Iṣẹ́ iṣẹ́-ìpádé nínú gbogbo iṣẹ́ ti a fi kọ́ ni $50,020, ki o si awọn premium fun titẹsi yi ni nipa $14,380 ọdun kan ṣaaju owo-ori.

Ká o bí ìṣàfarawé sí iṣẹ́ ìṣàfarawé, kò sí iṣẹ́ rẹ̀. Ohun tí ààyè-iṣẹ́ náà jẹ́, àti ohun tí o fi kùnà

Ati pe o gbagbọ pe o gba iṣẹ naa. Àwọn àwọn

Ohun ti o fẹ́ ṣaajú tí o bá bẹrẹ

A place on a state-approved practical nursing programme

Kò ṣẹ̀dà yìí látì jẹ́ pé

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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