Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants

87,858 students earn a practical nursing, vocational nursing and nursing assistants credential each year across 1,219 US colleges. Earnings below are the median for each school's graduates one and five years after finishing; debt is the median federal loan balance at completion.

Typical earnings, 1 year out: $10,084
Typical earnings, 5 years out: $29,029

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Bachelor's programs — 7 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo CampusGurabo, Puerto Rico25$26,3141 year out$39,380$31,799 2Oakwood UniversityHuntsville, Alabama11—1 year out——3Caribbean University-BayamonBayamon, Puerto Rico7$10,0841 year out$29,029$15,250 4Caribbean University-PoncePonce, Puerto Rico5$10,0841 year out$29,029$15,250 5Caribbean University-CarolinaCarolina, Puerto Rico2$10,0841 year out$29,029$15,250 6Caribbean University-Vega BajaVega Baja, Puerto Rico1$10,0841 year out$29,029$15,250 7Universal Technology College of Puerto RicoAguadilla, Puerto Rico—$14,9331 year out——

Associate programs — 90 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Unitek CollegeFremont, California340$72,3681 year out$109,213$22,848 2Del Mar CollegeCorpus Christi, Texas128—1 year out——3Gurnick Academy of Medical ArtsSan Jose, California98$56,7001 year out—$20,594 4Carrington College-SacramentoSacramento, California94$65,0351 year out$89,259$32,832 5Pacific CollegeCosta Mesa, California86$59,2131 year out—$16,125 6South Louisiana Community CollegeLafayette, Louisiana82—1 year out——7Inter American University of Puerto Rico-GuayamaGuayama, Puerto Rico73—1 year out$28,037$5,500 8Green River CollegeAuburn, Washington71—1 year out——9Miller-Motte College-TulsaTulsa, Oklahoma67$45,3011 year out$46,702$21,879 10Bates Technical CollegeTacoma, Washington58—1 year out$70,437—11San Joaquin Valley College-BakersfieldBakersfield, California49$51,7441 year out$59,073$20,000 12ATA CollegeLouisville, Kentucky44$47,2661 year out$54,464$32,477 13ATA CollegeTulsa, Oklahoma42—1 year out——14Coconino Community CollegeFlagstaff, Arizona41$36,7191 year out$64,848$14,487 15Central Louisiana Technical Community CollegeAlexandria, Louisiana38—1 year out——16Inter American University of Puerto Rico-AguadillaAguadilla, Puerto Rico34—1 year out——17PITC InstituteWyncote, Pennsylvania33—1 year out——18Arkansas Tech UniversityRussellville, Arkansas32$47,9021 year out$52,338$23,983 19Madera Community CollegeMadera, California32—1 year out——20Merced CollegeMerced, California31$47,1141 year out——21Allan Hancock CollegeSanta Maria, California30—1 year out——22Riverside City CollegeRiverside, California30—1 year out——23Central Oklahoma CollegeOklahoma City, Oklahoma30—1 year out——24Inter American University of Puerto Rico-AreciboArecibo, Puerto Rico29—1 year out——25Fortis Institute-ScrantonScranton, Pennsylvania28$51,6031 year out$48,989$26,749 26Butte CollegeOroville, California27$65,4671 year out—$13,382 27Citrus CollegeGlendora, California26—1 year out——28Long Beach City CollegeLong Beach, California26—1 year out——29SOWELA Technical Community CollegeLake Charles, Louisiana26—1 year out——30San Joaquin Valley College-VisaliaVisalia, California25$51,7441 year out$59,073$20,000 31Southwestern CollegeChula Vista, California25—1 year out——32Mission CollegeSanta Clara, California24—1 year out——33Santa Barbara City CollegeSanta Barbara, California23—1 year out——34North Dakota State College of ScienceWahpeton, North Dakota22$41,9561 year out$59,092$24,385 35Inter American University of Puerto Rico-BarranquitasBarranquitas, Puerto Rico22—1 year out——36Inter American University of Puerto Rico-MetroSan Juan, Puerto Rico22—1 year out—$18,330 37Northeastern Junior CollegeSterling, Colorado20—1 year out——38Community College of Rhode IslandWarwick, Rhode Island19—1 year out——39San Joaquin Valley College-Santa MariaSanta Maria, California19$51,7441 year out$59,073$20,000 40Hartnell CollegeSalinas, California18—1 year out——41Dickinson State UniversityDickinson, North Dakota18—1 year out$70,117$18,807 42Cuesta CollegeSan Luis Obispo, California17—1 year out——43Hennepin Technical CollegeBrooklyn Park, Minnesota17$54,3761 year out$63,918$24,682 44High Desert Medical CollegeLancaster, California16—1 year out——45College of the RedwoodsEureka, California14—1 year out——46Sacramento City CollegeSacramento, California13—1 year out——47Cerro Coso Community CollegeRidgecrest, California12—1 year out——48Inter American University of Puerto Rico-BayamonBayamon, Puerto Rico12—1 year out——49Copper Mountain Community CollegeJoshua Tree, California12—1 year out——50San Joaquin Valley College-Rancho MirageRancho Mirage, California12$51,7441 year out$59,073$20,000 51Platt College-Los AngelesAlhambra, California11—1 year out——52Rio Hondo CollegeWhittier, California10—1 year out——53Quinsigamond Community CollegeWorcester, Massachusetts10—1 year out——54Chaffey CollegeRancho Cucamonga, California9—1 year out——55Lassen Community CollegeSusanville, California9—1 year out——56Inter American University of Puerto Rico-San GermanSan German, Puerto Rico9—1 year out——57Pennsylvania College of TechnologyWilliamsport, Pennsylvania8—1 year out—$20,191 58College of the DesertPalm Desert, California6—1 year out——59Bossier Parish Community CollegeBossier City, Louisiana6—1 year out——60Pennsylvania Highlands Community CollegeJohnstown, Pennsylvania5—1 year out——61Pennsylvania Institute of TechnologyMedia, Pennsylvania4—1 year out——62Carrington College-San JoseSan Jose, California4$65,0351 year out$89,259$32,832 63MiraCosta CollegeOceanside, California3—1 year out——64Caribbean University-BayamonBayamon, Puerto Rico3—1 year out$26,539$8,000 65Gavilan CollegeGilroy, California2—1 year out——66Saint Paul CollegeSaint Paul, Minnesota2—1 year out——67Sitting Bull CollegeFort Yates, North Dakota2—1 year out——68Caribbean University-PoncePonce, Puerto Rico2—1 year out$26,539$8,000 69Caribbean University-Vega BajaVega Baja, Puerto Rico2—1 year out$26,539$8,000 70College of the SiskiyousWeed, California1—1 year out——71West Shore Community CollegeScottville, Michigan1—1 year out——72Mississippi Gulf Coast Community CollegePerkinston, Mississippi1—1 year out—$16,130 73Sinte Gleska UniversityMission, South Dakota1—1 year out——74Caribbean University-CarolinaCarolina, Puerto Rico1—1 year out$26,539$8,000 75Coastal Alabama Community CollegeBay Minette, Alabama—$63,1251 year out——76Cossatot Community College of the University of ArkansasDe Queen, Arkansas—$62,5011 year out$47,544—77Dakota County Technical CollegeRosemount, Minnesota0—1 year out$56,146—78Minnesota State Community and Technical CollegeFergus Falls, Minnesota——1 year out$64,826—79Northland Community and Technical CollegeThief River Falls, Minnesota——1 year out$55,561—80Flathead Valley Community CollegeKalispell, Montana——1 year out$60,917—81The University of MontanaMissoula, Montana0—1 year out$67,970—82Grayson CollegeDenison, Texas—$45,3631 year out—$17,675 83Trinity Valley Community CollegeAthens, Texas—$39,3561 year out$42,192$14,250 84Guam Community CollegeMangilao, Guam0—1 year out$37,441—85Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo CampusGurabo, Puerto Rico0—1 year out$15,187$8,475 86Southern Union State Community CollegeWadley, Alabama——1 year out$60,505—87Universal Technology College of Puerto RicoAguadilla, Puerto Rico—$16,2361 year out——88Eastern Virginia Career CollegeFredericksburg, Virginia——1 year out$69,751—89Miller-Motte College-ChattanoogaChattanooga, Tennessee—$45,3011 year out$46,702$21,879 90New Age TrainingNew York, New York—$25,0341 year out—$8,127

Certificate programs — top 100 of 1,189 colleges by graduates

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, Indiana3,131$50,0811 year out$58,478$14,317 2Des Moines Area Community CollegeAnkeny, Iowa1,216$34,3901 year out$60,470$11,625 3Unitek CollegeFremont, California860$61,8381 year out$79,182$17,305 4Gateway Technical CollegeKenosha, Wisconsin751—1 year out——5ECPI UniversityVirginia Beach, Virginia676$51,2091 year out$50,005$25,250 6Hondros College of NursingColumbus, Ohio661$46,2691 year out$52,369$22,120 7William Rainey Harper CollegePalatine, Illinois589$36,5281 year out$54,134$8,750 8Northeast Wisconsin Technical CollegeGreen Bay, Wisconsin565$42,7211 year out$50,641$13,954 9Moraine Valley Community CollegePalos Hills, Illinois550—1 year out——10Bluegrass Community and Technical CollegeLexington, Kentucky547$36,0531 year out$49,428$11,000 11Gurnick Academy of Medical ArtsSan Jose, California524$54,3591 year out$63,418$17,317 12Chippewa Valley Technical CollegeEau Claire, Wisconsin505$37,3861 year out$69,051$12,000 13Johnson County Community CollegeOverland Park, Kansas500$36,4041 year out$46,046$12,406 14College of Lake CountyGrayslake, Illinois489—1 year out—$9,400 15Jefferson Community and Technical CollegeLouisville, Kentucky466$33,5941 year out$64,438$14,187 16Western Iowa Tech Community CollegeSioux City, Iowa465$29,3481 year out$53,424$14,499 17Madison Area Technical CollegeMadison, Wisconsin465—1 year out$59,891—18Wichita State University-Campus of Applied Sciences and TechnologyWichita, Kansas437$38,3561 year out$48,113$20,657 19Waukesha County Technical CollegePewaukee, Wisconsin417—1 year out$62,118$12,000 20Columbus State Community CollegeColumbus, Ohio408—1 year out—$5,000 21Mountainland Technical CollegeLehi, Utah406—1 year out$49,322—22GateWay Community CollegePhoenix, Arizona403$60,6201 year out$58,899$12,898 23Fox Valley Technical CollegeAppleton, Wisconsin401$38,5401 year out$43,980$14,500 24Access CareersHempstead, New York383—1 year out——25City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X CollegeChicago, Illinois374$36,4931 year out—$9,500 26Rio Grande Valley CollegePharr, Texas358$46,8251 year out—$14,117 27College of DuPageGlen Ellyn, Illinois351$31,0861 year out—$11,000 28Jersey CollegeTeterboro, New Jersey336$55,9501 year out$65,939$18,397 29Gateway Community and Technical CollegeFlorence, Kentucky330$32,9361 year out—$9,932 30West Kentucky Community and Technical CollegePaducah, Kentucky328$31,0201 year out—$9,500 31Owensboro Community and Technical CollegeOwensboro, Kentucky321—1 year out——32Veeb Nassau County School of Practical NursingHicksville, New York319$56,1421 year out$56,890$12,406 33Central Louisiana Technical Community CollegeAlexandria, Louisiana313—1 year out$41,546$9,500 34Blackhawk Technical CollegeJanesville, Wisconsin307$21,7481 year out$47,417$7,209 35Institute of TechnologyClovis, California306$55,5991 year out$54,913$16,719 36Mesa Community CollegeMesa, Arizona305—1 year out——37Ashland Community and Technical CollegeAshland, Kentucky305$26,4241 year out$47,125$8,812 38Northwood Technical CollegeRice Lake, Wisconsin297$26,4921 year out$57,622$8,312 39Northcentral Technical CollegeWausau, Wisconsin296$29,6261 year out$42,119$9,554 40Joliet Junior CollegeJoliet, Illinois292—1 year out—$12,305 41American Career College-Los AngelesLos Angeles, California288$60,2811 year out$59,430$17,317 42Davis Technical CollegeKaysville, Utah286$26,3691 year out$57,655$8,048 43Galen College of Nursing-San AntonioSan Antonio, Texas286$46,8301 year out$56,593$16,642 44Valley College-ClevelandCleveland, Ohio284—1 year out——45Access Careers-IslandiaIslandia, New York283—1 year out——46American Career College-OntarioOntario, California279$52,7921 year out$56,132$17,317 47Milwaukee Area Technical CollegeMilwaukee, Wisconsin278$36,5831 year out$57,362$19,709 48Coastal Pines Technical CollegeWaycross, Georgia273$40,7281 year out$37,849$7,500 49Lincoln Land Community CollegeSpringfield, Illinois272$29,8511 year out$32,119$8,422 50Southwestern Illinois CollegeBelleville, Illinois270$22,3511 year out$36,693$9,500 51American Career College-AnaheimAnaheim, California270$60,2811 year out$59,430$17,317 52Central Georgia Technical CollegeWarner Robins, Georgia270$41,3471 year out$47,950$16,479 53Wiregrass Georgia Technical CollegeValdosta, Georgia269$37,1121 year out$40,190$9,500 54Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical CollegeBowling Green, Kentucky269$30,3381 year out$31,152$12,523 55College of Southern NevadaLas Vegas, Nevada267—1 year out——56Moraine Park Technical CollegeFond du Lac, Wisconsin267$24,9541 year out—$7,000 57Arkansas State University-NewportNewport, Arkansas267$39,9791 year out$50,742$11,300 58Hutchinson Community CollegeHutchinson, Kansas265$45,3441 year out$50,287$13,210 59Lincoln Technical Institute-MoorestownMoorestown, New Jersey261$54,3901 year out$54,521$17,644 60Pikes Peak State CollegeColorado Springs, Colorado258—1 year out——61Minnesota West Community and Technical CollegeGranite Falls, Minnesota257—1 year out$67,864—62Lincoln Technical Institute-ParamusParamus, New Jersey254$54,3901 year out$54,521$17,644 63Southeastern Community CollegeWest Burlington, Iowa249—1 year out$57,401$16,920 64Apollo Career CenterLima, Ohio244$43,2071 year out$41,208$15,486 65Oakton CollegeDes Plaines, Illinois241—1 year out——66Highland Community CollegeHighland, Kansas241—1 year out$56,747—67Heartland Community CollegeNormal, Illinois240—1 year out—$14,441 68Neosho County Community CollegeChanute, Kansas238—1 year out$57,443$13,150 69Somerset Community CollegeSomerset, Kentucky238$28,9531 year out$46,467$9,096 70Western Technical CollegeLa Crosse, Wisconsin236$27,5711 year out$45,090$8,816 71Truckee Meadows Community CollegeReno, Nevada235—1 year out——72Stanbridge UniversityIrvine, California235$57,3591 year out$60,096$20,000 73Northeast Technology CenterPryor, Oklahoma235$45,0911 year out——74Black Hawk CollegeMoline, Illinois232$45,9931 year out$43,771$12,467 75Rock Valley CollegeRockford, Illinois231$27,4971 year out$42,236$8,018 76Bridgerland Technical CollegeLogan, Utah230—1 year out$58,896$12,000 77Kansas City Kansas Community CollegeKansas City, Kansas226$48,8621 year out$61,044$14,750 78Standard Healthcare Services-College of NursingFalls Church, Virginia224$56,3551 year out$71,329$14,750 79Glendale Community CollegeGlendale, Arizona220—1 year out——80Madisonville Community CollegeMadisonville, Kentucky217$26,3181 year out—$9,500 81Iowa Central Community CollegeFort Dodge, Iowa214—1 year out$59,754$18,557 82Sinclair Community CollegeDayton, Ohio214$24,2971 year out$46,170$8,600 83McHenry County CollegeCrystal Lake, Illinois213—1 year out$39,772$9,096 84Elizabethtown Community and Technical CollegeElizabethtown, Kentucky212$25,5451 year out—$8,250 85South Florida Institute of TechnologyMiami, Florida212$18,2581 year out$14,230$9,500 86Cuyahoga Community College DistrictCleveland, Ohio210$48,6921 year out$57,550$19,750 87Kiamichi Technology Center-McAlesterMcAlester, Oklahoma210$41,0251 year out$48,191$7,992 88Pueblo Community CollegePueblo, Colorado203$25,5071 year out—$9,975 89Ogden-Weber Technical CollegeOgden, Utah203$24,6901 year out$59,683$9,000 90Hazard Community and Technical CollegeHazard, Kentucky202—1 year out—$7,051 91Arapahoe Community CollegeLittleton, Colorado200$36,2341 year out—$13,750 92South Texas CollegeMcAllen, Texas200$33,1711 year out$40,070$6,507 93Infinity CollegeLafayette, Louisiana197—1 year out——94Medical Institute of Palm BeachGreenacres, Florida194—1 year out——95Northwest Mississippi Community CollegeSenatobia, Mississippi192$32,7881 year out$40,683$10,998 96Cincinnati State Technical and Community CollegeCincinnati, Ohio191$53,9081 year out$52,142$21,438 97Louisiana Delta Community CollegeMonroe, Louisiana186$41,5701 year out$43,172$20,000 98Utah Tech UniversitySaint George, Utah185—1 year out——99George C Wallace State Community College-HancevilleHanceville, Alabama184—1 year out——100Career Care InstituteLancaster, California182$42,2961 year out$48,141$17,246

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data (4-digit CIP). Graduates are conferrals in the most recent IPEDS year; earnings cover federally-aided completers who are working and not enrolled; medians for small programs are privacy-suppressed (—).