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LPN / LVN programs in Texas
Texas has 60 accredited campuses awarding lpn credentials. If you finish and work as a licensed practical nurse in Texas, expect to start around $48,910–$57,110 and reach a median of $62,240 with experience; the top quarter earn $68,410 or more (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025, Texas). Graduates of these Texas programs — every graduate, whatever job they took — earned a median of $38,582 in their first year, against $37,410 nationally; that is the figure used to rank campuses below.
What licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses earn in Texas
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025; 57,560 employed in Texas. National median: $64,400.
Campuses in Texas, ranked by what their graduates earned
Cities: AlvinAmarilloAustinBaytownBeevilleBig SpringBorgerBrenhamBrownsvilleCarthageCiscoClarendonCorpus ChristiCorsicanaDallasDenisonEl PasoFort WorthGainesvilleGalvestonGrand PrairieHillsboroHoustonKerrvilleKilleenLake JacksonLaredoLevellandLufkinMcAllenMcKinneyMidlandMount PleasantOdessaOrangeParisPasadenaPharrPort ArthurRanger
| Campus | City | Type | Grads / yr | Earnings, yr 1 | Program debt | Completion | Cost / yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Chicago School-College of Nursing | Richardson | non-profit career college | 33 | $48,942 | $19,125 | 25% | not reported |
| Victoria College | Victoria | Public community college | 59 | $43,803 | $9,446 | 29% | not reported |
| Austin Community College District | Austin | Public college | 53 | $43,404 | $8,462 | not reported | not reported |
| Navarro College | Corsicana | Public college | 102 | $43,358 | $9,500 | not reported | not reported |
| San Jacinto Community College | Pasadena | Public college | 69 | $43,023 | $8,550 | not reported | not reported |
| North Central Texas College | Gainesville | Public community college | 84 | $42,338 | $9,750 | 35% | not reported |
| Weatherford College | Weatherford | Public college | 59 | $42,063 | $9,500 | not reported | not reported |
| El Paso Community College | El Paso | Public community college | 97 | $41,792 | not reported | 24% | not reported |
| St Philip's College | San Antonio | Public community college | 50 | $41,213 | $6,500 | not reported | not reported |
| Howard College | Big Spring | Public community college | 41 | $40,962 | $8,500 | 35% | not reported |
| Temple College | Temple | Public community college | 28 | $40,370 | $8,525 | 32% | not reported |
| Tyler Junior College | Tyler | Public college | 85 | $38,752 | $12,250 | not reported | not reported |
| McLennan Community College | Waco | Public community college | 17 | $38,630 | $13,255 | 39% | not reported |
| Amarillo College | Amarillo | Public community college | 52 | $38,611 | $13,003 | 32% | not reported |
| Blinn College District | Brenham | Public community college | 38 | $38,582 | $9,500 | 11% | not reported |
| Lone Star College System | The Woodlands | Public college | 48 | $38,516 | $9,312 | not reported | not reported |
| Angelina College | Lufkin | Public community college | 47 | $38,051 | not reported | 29% | not reported |
| Vernon College | Vernon | Public community college | 51 | $37,853 | $6,926 | 21% | not reported |
| South Plains College | Levelland | Public community college | 49 | $37,602 | $10,500 | 29% | not reported |
| Galen College of Nursing-San Antonio | San Antonio | for-profit college | 286 | $37,407 | $15,800 | not reported | not reported |
| Baptist Health System School of Health Professions | San Antonio | for-profit college | 17 | $36,447 | $14,342 | not reported | not reported |
| Lamar State College-Port Arthur | Port Arthur | Public community college | 77 | $35,034 | not reported | 45% | not reported |
| Lamar State College-Orange | Orange | Public community college | 106 | $34,592 | $12,000 | 37% | not reported |
| Southwest Texas Junior College | Uvalde | Public community college | 45 | $33,863 | $9,000 | 31% | not reported |
| Texarkana College | Texarkana | Public community college | 29 | $33,661 | $12,000 | 47% | not reported |
| Texas State Technical College | Waco | Public technical college | 31 | $28,373 | $12,833 | 46% | not reported |
| South Texas College | McAllen | Public college | 135 | $27,764 | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Valley Grande Institute for Academic Studies | Weslaco | non-profit career college | 48 | $24,899 | $7,917 | 80% | $17,905 |
| Rio Grande Valley College | Pharr | for-profit career college | 195 | not reported | $13,087 | 72% | $27,246 |
| Del Mar College | Corpus Christi | Public college | 137 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Laredo College | Laredo | Public college | 76 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Odessa College | Odessa | Public college | 59 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Coastal Bend College | Beeville | Public community college | 58 | not reported | not reported | 25% | not reported |
| Houston Community College | Houston | Public college | 53 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Paris Junior College | Paris | Public community college | 49 | not reported | not reported | 38% | not reported |
| Panola College | Carthage | Public community college | 48 | not reported | not reported | 44% | not reported |
| Cisco College | Cisco | Public community college | 44 | not reported | not reported | 30% | not reported |
| Collin County Community College District | McKinney | Public college | 39 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Clarendon College | Clarendon | Public community college | 29 | not reported | not reported | 41% | not reported |
| Alvin Community College | Alvin | Public community college | 27 | not reported | $4,500 | not reported | not reported |
| Grayson College | Denison | Public college | 27 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Midland College | Midland | Public college | 26 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Wharton County Junior College | Wharton | Public community college | 25 | not reported | $8,750 | 27% | not reported |
| Schreiner University | Kerrville | non-profit university | 24 | not reported | $14,250 | not reported | not reported |
| Arlington Career Institute | Grand Prairie | for-profit career college | 22 | not reported | not reported | 73% | $28,195 |
| College of the Mainland | Texas City | Public college | 22 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Hill College | Hillsboro | Public community college | 22 | not reported | $10,500 | 32% | not reported |
| Texas Southmost College | Brownsville | Public community college | 22 | not reported | $5,500 | 30% | not reported |
| Tarrant County College District | Fort Worth | Public community college | 21 | not reported | $10,112 | 34% | not reported |
| Frank Phillips College | Borger | Public community college | 20 | not reported | not reported | 45% | not reported |
| Central Texas College | Killeen | Public community college | 19 | not reported | $8,889 | 12% | not reported |
| Lamson Institute | San Antonio | for-profit career college | 17 | not reported | not reported | 80% | $31,737 |
| Ranger College | Ranger | Public community college | 15 | not reported | not reported | 19% | not reported |
| The College of Health Care Professions-Northwest | Houston | for-profit college | 15 | not reported | not reported | not reported | $33,383 |
| Brazosport College | Lake Jackson | Public college | 14 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Dallas College | Dallas | Public college | 14 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Galveston College | Galveston | Public college | 10 | not reported | $9,500 | not reported | not reported |
| Northeast Texas Community College | Mount Pleasant | Public community college | 10 | not reported | $10,500 | 56% | not reported |
| Lee College | Baytown | Public community college | 9 | not reported | not reported | 53% | not reported |
| The Vocational Nursing Institute Inc | Houston | non-profit career college | 7 | not reported | not reported | 0.0% | not reported |
Earnings are median wages and self-employment income reported to the IRS (W-2 and Schedule SE) for graduates who received federal aid and were working and not enrolled, measured in the calendar year after finishing. They are pay only: health insurance, retirement contributions and other benefits are not included.
Ranked by median earnings of this program's graduates one year after completion (College Scorecard field-of-study, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2022-23 Completions survey; College Scorecard June 2026; Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs (DAPIP), September 2026); campuses without a reported figure follow, by credentials awarded. "Program debt" is the median federal loan debt for graduates of this program at this campus. Completion is the campus-wide 150%-of-time rate. "Not reported" means the federal file suppresses the value for privacy.