Yikes! That's a steep amount of tuition for an LPN program. I know you mentioned that you tried some out of state schools that didn't pan out. I don't know if you considered Utah. Here in metro SLC...
I'm in the same exact situation as you. I'm not quite sure why people don't think going the LVN/LPN route is not a good thing. It's a means to an end. I look at it this way, most of the prereqs for...