LPN PROGRAMS IN NEW YORK — Federal Data, September 2026
LPN Programs in New York, Ranked On What Graduates Owe And Earn
32 accredited institutions in New York 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 32 ranked programs in New York, the median graduate needs 3.8 months of gross pay to cover a median federal debt of $14,036, against median earnings of $45,060 one year after completion.
That is faster than the national median of 4.3 months for this field, measured across the 650 institutions in our national LPN programs ranking. The best performer in the state is Eastern Suffolk BOCES in Sayville, at 2.1 months.
Every figure on this page is recalculated on New York institutions only. Nothing is carried over from the national page.
At A Glance
What the federal data says about LPN programs in New York
The Ranking
32 LPN programs in New York, ranked by months of gross pay to cover the debt
Lower is better.
| # | School | Type | Award | Months | Debt | Earnings | Completion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eastern Suffolk BOCESSayville, NY | Public | Certificate | 2.1 | $9,500 | $53,547 | 77% |
| 2 | Transitions Career Institute School of NursingCollege Point, NY | for-profit | Certificate | 2.1 | $11,750 | $65,992 | 79% |
| 3 | Rockland County BOCES-Practical Nursing ProgramWest Nyack, NY | Public | Certificate | 2.3 | $11,600 | $60,114 | 100% |
| 4 | Dutchess BOCES-Practical Nursing ProgramPoughkeepsie, NY | Public | Certificate | 2.4 | $9,859 | $49,012 | 97% |
| 5 | CUNY LaGuardia Community CollegeLong Island City, NY | Public | Certificate | 2.6 | $12,256 | $56,230 | 24% |
| 6 | AMG School of NursingBrooklyn, NY | for-profit | Certificate | 2.6 | $14,167 | $64,878 | 79% |
| 7 | Veeb Nassau County School of Practical NursingHicksville, NY | Public | Certificate | 2.7 | $12,406 | $56,142 | 48% |
| 8 | Western Suffolk BOCESNorthport, NY | Public | Certificate | 3.2 | $14,750 | $55,150 | 84% |
| 9 | Jefferson Lewis BOCES-Practical Nursing ProgramWatertown, NY | Public | Certificate | 3.4 | $11,879 | $41,958 | n/a |
| 10 | Madison Oneida BOCES-Practical Nursing ProgramVerona, NY | Public | Certificate | 3.6 | $12,251 | $41,383 | 79% |
| 11 | Orange Ulster BOCESNewburgh, NY | Public | Certificate | 3.6 | $13,905 | $46,632 | 100% |
| 12 | Erie 1 BOCESWest Seneca, NY | Public | Certificate | 3.7 | $13,700 | $45,021 | 96% |
| 13 | Hunter Business SchoolLevittown, NY | for-profit | Certificate | 3.8 | $17,166 | $53,614 | 85% |
| 14 | Erie 2 Chautauqua Cattaraugus BOCES-Practical Nursing ProgramAngola, NY | Public | Certificate | 3.8 | $11,558 | $36,807 | 100% |
| 15 | Schuyler Steuben Chemung Tioga Allegany BOCESElmira, NY | Public | Certificate | 3.8 | $12,784 | $40,826 | 75% |
| 16 | Orleans Niagara BOCES-Practical Nursing ProgramLockport, NY | Public | Certificate | 3.8 | $14,456 | $45,996 | 100% |
| 17 | New Age TrainingNew York, NY | for-profit | Associate | 3.9 | $8,127 | $25,034 | 75% |
| 18 | Albany BOCES-Adult Practical Nursing ProgramAlbany, NY | Public | Certificate | 4.0 | $13,617 | $40,828 | 74% |
| 19 | Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCESLiverpool, NY | Public | Certificate | 4.0 | $14,093 | $42,279 | 73% |
| 20 | Cayuga Onondaga BOCES-Practical Nursing ProgramAuburn, NY | Public | Certificate | 4.1 | $13,209 | $39,004 | 100% |
| 21 | North Country Community CollegeSaranac Lake, NY | Public | Certificate | 4.2 | $16,000 | $45,808 | 29% |
| 22 | Broome Delaware Tioga BOCES-Practical Nursing ProgramEndicott, NY | Public | Certificate | 4.2 | $14,862 | $42,384 | 53% |
| 23 | Clinton Essex Warren Washington BOCESPlattsburgh, NY | Public | Certificate | 4.3 | $13,978 | $38,952 | 89% |
| 24 | Washington Saratoga Warren Hamilton Essex BOCES-Practical Nursing ProgramHudson Falls, NY | Public | Certificate | 4.3 | $16,668 | $45,996 | 79% |
| 25 | Genesee Valley BOCES-Practical Nursing ProgramBatavia, NY | Public | Certificate | 4.6 | $16,634 | $43,008 | 73% |
| 26 | Center for Instruction Technology & InnovationMexico, NY | Public | Certificate | 4.9 | $18,235 | $44,986 | 71% |
| 27 | SUNY College of Technology at CantonCanton, NY | Public | Certificate | 5.0 | $16,547 | $40,011 | 38% |
| 28 | Mildred Elley School-Albany CampusAlbany, NY | for-profit | Certificate | 5.3 | $24,459 | $55,424 | 37% |
| 29 | Mildred Elley-New York CampusNew York, NY | for-profit | Certificate | 5.3 | $24,459 | $55,424 | 32% |
| 30 | Isabella Graham Hart School of Practical NursingRochester, NY | nonprofit | Certificate | 5.6 | $18,794 | $40,256 | 37% |
| 31 | Maria College of AlbanyAlbany, NY | nonprofit | Certificate | 6.0 | $19,750 | $39,505 | 30% |
| 32 | Bryant & Stratton College-BuffaloBuffalo, NY | nonprofit | Certificate | 6.9 | $25,967 | $45,098 | 21% |
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 New York, one by one
Eastern Suffolk BOCES
Sayville, NY
Eastern Suffolk BOCES is a public institution in Sayville. Its practical nursing graduates leave with a median federal debt of $9,500 and report median earnings of $53,547 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 2.1 months of gross pay: the fastest payback in the state, and 1.7 months faster than the New York state median of 3.8. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 77% completion rate.
Transitions Career Institute School of Nursing
College Point, NY
Transitions Career Institute School of Nursing is a private for-profit institution in College Point. Its practical nursing graduates leave with a median federal debt of $11,750 and report median earnings of $65,992 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 2.1 months of gross pay: the second fastest in the state, and 1.7 months faster than the New York state median of 3.8. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 79% completion rate.
Rockland County BOCES-Practical Nursing Program
West Nyack, NY
Rockland County BOCES-Practical Nursing Program is a public institution in West Nyack. Its practical nursing graduates leave with a median federal debt of $11,600 and report median earnings of $60,114 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 2.3 months of gross pay: the third fastest in the state, and 1.5 months faster than the New York state median of 3.8. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 100% completion rate.
Dutchess BOCES-Practical Nursing Program
Poughkeepsie, NY
Dutchess BOCES-Practical Nursing Program is a public institution in Poughkeepsie. Its practical nursing graduates leave with a median federal debt of $9,859 and report median earnings of $49,012 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 2.4 months of gross pay: fourth in the state, and 1.4 months faster than the New York state median of 3.8. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 97% completion rate.
CUNY LaGuardia Community College
Long Island City, NY
CUNY LaGuardia Community College is a public institution in Long Island City. Its practical nursing graduates leave with a median federal debt of $12,256 and report median earnings of $56,230 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 2.6 months of gross pay: fifth in the state, and 1.2 months faster than the New York state median of 3.8. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 24% 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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