Community college, leaving as an LPN with an associates degree\
Vocational School with a certificate
Hospital based college with a diploma
Private school (MCI..) associates degree
The cost is anywhere from $5,000 at the vocational school to $54,000 at the private school. I am leaning towards the hospital based school because they hire LPN's right out of school, and not many places do.
So, which way did you reach your goal? Have you wished you did anything differently? Have you seen/heard employers choosing one candidate for a job over another because of the school they attended?
I went to a community college and earned a Diploma in Practical Nursing.(LPN) I had all of my pre req's completed prior to application, and the program was 1 full year, or 3 subsequent semesters. The total cost was around 4k.
My advice is not to spend an arm and a leg for your LPN.
I am going to apply to the vocational school ($8,000 start to finish 18 months) and the hospital based college ($13,000 start to finish 12 months) I love the price of the vocational school, but the hospital based program guarantees you a job offer within their hospital system. At the same time the vocational school has a 100% placement rate too. (and we have the summer off which my kids would love). I am going to apply to both and hope I get picked up at one!
VioletKaliLPN, LPN
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I went to a community college and earned a Diploma in Practical Nursing.(LPN) I had all of my pre req's completed prior to application, and the program was 1 full year, or 3 subsequent semesters. The total cost was around 4k.
My advice is not to spend an arm and a leg for your LPN.