Licensed Practical & Vocational Nurse Training
Contains Stem Majors
Total Degrees​
declining 3.55%
Median In-State​
Public Tuition
growing 2.21%
Median Out-of-State​
Average Wage
People in Workforce
Average Employee Age
The locations with the highest concentration of Licensed Practical & Vocational Nurse Training degree recipients are Virginia Beach, VA, Indianapolis city (balance), IN, and Guaynabo, PR. The locations with a relatively high number of Licensed Practical & Vocational Nurse Training degree recipients are Oil City, PA, Marlborough, MA, and Goshen, NY. The most common degree awarded to students studying Licensed Practical & Vocational Nurse Training is a 1 to 2 year postsecondary certificate.
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Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Licensed Practical & Vocational Nurse Training and the types of students that study this field. ECPI University awards the most degrees in Licensed Practical & Vocational Nurse Training in the US, but Hannah E Mullins School of Practical Nursing and Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit LPN Career have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Licensed Practical & Vocational Nurse Training.
Tuition costs for Licensed Practical & Vocational Nurse Training majors are, on average, $3,468 for in-state public colleges, and $11,693 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Licensed Practical & Vocational Nurse Training programs are Public, 2-year institutions (589 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 2-year (24,184 completions).
Institution with the Most Degrees Awarded in Licensed Practical & Vocational Nurse Training
ECPI University
Hondros College of Nursing
Instituto de Banca y Comercio Inc
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Licensed Practical & Vocational Nurse Training, is Public, 2-year (24,184 completions).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Licensed Practical & Vocational Nurse Training programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
Tuition Costs for Common Institutions
State TuitionOut Of State TuitionTotal Graduates
Median In-State Public
Median Out of State Private
ECPI University has the most Licensed Practical & Vocational Nurse Training degree recipients, with 589 degrees awarded in 2017.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Licensed Practical & Vocational Nurse Training.
Specialized Colleges
Highest Concentration Institution
Hannah E Mullins School of Practical Nursing
Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit LPN Career
Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County
Out of all institutions that offer Licensed Practical & Vocational Nurse Training programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Hannah E Mullins School of Practical Nursing and Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit LPN Career have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Licensed Practical & Vocational Nurse Training, with 100% and 100%, respectively.
Degrees Awarded by County
Counties with the Most Degrees Awarded in Licensed Practical & Vocational Nurse Training
Franklin County, OH
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Licensed Practical & Vocational Nurse Training by year.
Growth in Awarded Degrees
Counties with the Fastest Growing Number of Degrees Awarded
San Luis Obispo County, CA
Humboldt County, CA
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for Licensed Practical & Vocational Nurse Training.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Health graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Health majors is $75,291 and the most common occupations are Registered nurses, Pharmacists, and Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives.
The industry that employs the most Health majors is General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Other information services, except libraries & archives, & internet publishing & broadcasting & web search portals.
Yearly Income for Common Jobs
The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Licensed Practical & Vocational Nurse Training is from the 2 Digit Course Health.
Average Wage in Workforce
± $781
± 1.46%
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Health majors.
Highest Paying Locations
Highest Paying Pumas
Moore & Montgomery Counties PUMA, NC
DeLand, DeBary Cities & Pierson Town PUMA, FL
LA (Southwest/Marina del Rey & Westchester) & Culver City Cities PUMA, CA
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Health majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Health majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The most common occupations Health majors, by number of employees, are Registered nurses, Pharmacists, and Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives.
Most Specialized
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Health majors working as Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives, Nurse anesthetists, and Audiologists.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Health majors are Surgeons, Public relations specialists, and Podiatrists.
2018 Workforce
± 50,063
The number of Health graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 4.06%, from 4.11M in 2017 to 4.28M in 2018.
The largest single share of Health graduates go on to work as Registered nurses (37.3%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Health by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ Health majors, by number of employees, are General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals, Elementary & secondary schools, and Outpatient care centers.
The highest paying industries of Health majors, by average wage, are Other information services, except libraries & archives, & internet publishing & broadcasting & web search portals, Household appliances & electrical & electronic goods merchant wholesalers, and Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing.
Industries by Share
The industry which employs the most Health graduates by share is General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals, followed by Elementary & secondary schools. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Health.
Specialty Locations
PUMAS with a relatively high number of Health majors
West Hollywood & Beverly Hills Cities PUMA, CA
Carr 2-Carr 111 PUMA, PR
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Health majors.
Demographic information on those who earn a degree in Health in the US. The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Health is 42.8, and the most common degree type these workers hold is a 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate. Female employees are more likely to hold Health degrees, and White students earn the majority (24,055) of the degrees.
Workforce Age
Average Age in 2018
± 0.155 Years
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Health. The most common ages of employees with this major are 28 and 30 years old, which represent 3.04% and 2.97% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Licensed Practical & Vocational Nurse Training are 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate, < 1 Year Postsecondary Certificate, and Associates Degree.
Workforce Degrees
The most common degree types held by the working population in Health are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
Gender Imbalance for Common Institutions
Female (89.6%)
Most Common Gender with a Degree in this Field
This chart shows the granted degrees by gender at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Licensed Practical & Vocational Nurse Training.
Race & Ethnicity by Degrees Awarded
24,055 degrees awarded
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Licensed Practical & Vocational Nurse Training for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
Most Common Race/Ethnicity and Gender Combination
0 degrees awarded
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders Male
This chart illustrates the differences by gender for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in Licensed Practical & Vocational Nurse Training. Asian Female students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and gender.
Global Diversity
People in WorkforcePeople in Workforce (RCA)
Most Common Countries of Origin
193,770 degree recipients
87,510 degree recipients
High Relative Number of Students
5.13 times more than expected
5 times more than expected
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Cameroon that hold Health degrees (5.13 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is Philippines (193,770 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Licensed Practical & Vocational Nurse Training field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Licensed Practical & Vocational Nurse Training majors need many skills, but most especially Service Orientation. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Licensed Practical & Vocational Nurse Training majors need more than the average amount of Service Orientation, Operation and Control, and Science.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Licensed Practical & Vocational Nurse Training majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Service Orientation is very distinctive for majors, but the Service Orientation, Speaking, and Social Perceptiveness are the three most important skills for people in the field.
Radar Distribution
ValueRCA
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Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing, & Nursing Assistants
General English Language & Literature
General Marketing & Marketing Management
General Computer & Information Sciences