LPN SCHOOLS IN MARYLAND — Federal Data, September 2026
LPN Schools in Maryland, Ranked On What Graduates Owe And Earn
6 accredited institutions in Maryland report enough federal data on this program to be compared. They are ranked here on a single measure: how many months of gross pay it takes a graduate to cover the median debt.
See The RankingU.S. Department of Education data. No school paid to be listed.
Across the 6 ranked programs in Maryland, the median graduate needs 5.3 months of gross pay to cover a median federal debt of $21,410, against median earnings of $51,369 one year after completion.
That is slower than the national median of 4.3 months for this field, measured across the 650 institutions in our national LPN schools ranking. The best performer in the state is Wor-Wic Community College in Salisbury, at 2.5 months.
Every figure on this page is recalculated on Maryland institutions only. Nothing is carried over from the national page.
At A Glance
What the federal data says about LPN schools in Maryland
The Ranking
6 LPN schools in Maryland, ranked by months of gross pay to cover the debt
Lower is better.
| # | School | Type | Award | Months | Debt | Earnings | Completion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wor-Wic Community CollegeSalisbury, MD | Public | Certificate | 2.5 | $12,725 | $61,298 | 27% |
| 2 | Howard Community CollegeColumbia, MD | Public | Certificate | 4.8 | $23,608 | $58,704 | 24% |
| 3 | Hagerstown Community CollegeHagerstown, MD | Public | Certificate | 5.1 | $19,211 | $45,584 | 39% |
| 4 | Allegany College of MarylandCumberland, MD | Public | Certificate | 5.6 | $16,250 | $34,814 | 40% |
| 5 | Community College of Baltimore CountyBaltimore, MD | Public | Certificate | 5.7 | $25,117 | $52,782 | 19% |
| 6 | Fortis Institute-TowsonTowson, MD | for-profit | Certificate | 6.8 | $28,378 | $49,956 | 44% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most Recent Cohorts by Field of Study and by Institution (published 9 June 2026). Debt is the median federal Stafford and Grad PLUS loan debt of completers in this program; earnings are median earnings one year after completion. Where a school offers the program at both certificate and associate level, the shorter payback is shown. Completion is the institution’s published rate, not the program’s.
The Top Five, In Detail
The five fastest payback programs in Maryland, one by one
Wor-Wic Community College
Salisbury, MD
Wor-Wic Community College is a public institution in Salisbury. Its practical nursing graduates leave with a median federal debt of $12,725 and report median earnings of $61,298 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 2.5 months of gross pay: the fastest payback in the state, and 2.8 months faster than the Maryland state median of 5.3. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 27% completion rate.
Howard Community College
Columbia, MD
Howard Community College is a public institution in Columbia. Its practical nursing graduates leave with a median federal debt of $23,608 and report median earnings of $58,704 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 4.8 months of gross pay: the second fastest in the state, and 0.5 months faster than the Maryland state median of 5.3. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 24% completion rate.
Hagerstown Community College
Hagerstown, MD
Hagerstown Community College is a public institution in Hagerstown. Its practical nursing graduates leave with a median federal debt of $19,211 and report median earnings of $45,584 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 5.1 months of gross pay: the third fastest in the state, and right on the Maryland state median of 5.3. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 39% completion rate.
Allegany College of Maryland
Cumberland, MD
Allegany College of Maryland is a public institution in Cumberland. Its practical nursing graduates leave with a median federal debt of $16,250 and report median earnings of $34,814 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 5.6 months of gross pay: fourth in the state, and 0.3 months slower than the Maryland state median of 5.3. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 40% completion rate.
Community College of Baltimore County
Baltimore, MD
Community College of Baltimore County is a public institution in Baltimore. Its practical nursing graduates leave with a median federal debt of $25,117 and report median earnings of $52,782 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 5.7 months of gross pay: fifth in the state, and 0.4 months slower than the Maryland state median of 5.3. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 19% completion rate.
Read It Carefully
What this ranking does not measure
Absence from this page is not a verdict. The Department of Education suppresses figures for programs with small cohorts, so a small, excellent school will often have no publishable data at all. Schools that enroll no students on federal aid are outside this dataset entirely.
The measure is a ratio, not a repayment plan, and it counts federal loan debt only. Cash payments, private loans and employer sponsorship are invisible here. Local wages shape earnings as much as the school does, which is exactly why comparing inside one state, as this page does, is more informative than comparing across the country.
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