LPN SCHOOLS IN WEST VIRGINIA — Federal Data, September 2026
LPN Schools in West Virginia, Ranked On What Graduates Owe And Earn
10 accredited institutions in West Virginia 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 10 ranked programs in West Virginia, the median graduate needs 3.7 months of gross pay to cover a median federal debt of $11,504, against median earnings of $38,313 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 schools ranking. The best performer in the state is Fayette Institute of Technology in Oak Hill, at 1.9 months.
Every figure on this page is recalculated on West Virginia institutions only. Nothing is carried over from the national page.
At A Glance
What the federal data says about LPN schools in West Virginia
The Ranking
10 LPN schools in West Virginia, ranked by months of gross pay to cover the debt
Lower is better.
| # | School | Type | Award | Months | Debt | Earnings | Completion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fayette Institute of TechnologyOak Hill, WV | Public | Certificate | 1.9 | $6,548 | $41,617 | 92% |
| 2 | Wood County Technical Center-Practical NursingParkersburg, WV | Public | Certificate | 2.3 | $7,091 | $37,542 | 100% |
| 3 | Fred W Eberle Technical CenterBuckhannon, WV | Public | Certificate | 3.0 | $8,750 | $34,661 | 98% |
| 4 | Cabell County Career Technology CenterHuntington, WV | Public | Certificate | 3.6 | $11,258 | $37,848 | 64% |
| 5 | New River Community and Technical CollegeBeaver, WV | Public | Certificate | 3.6 | $11,750 | $38,778 | 36% |
| 6 | West Virginia Northern Community CollegeWheeling, WV | Public | Certificate | 3.7 | $6,575 | $21,062 | 33% |
| 7 | John D Rockefeller IV Career CenterNew Cumberland, WV | Public | Certificate | 4.0 | $15,000 | $45,227 | 100% |
| 8 | West Virginia Junior College-MorgantownMorgantown, WV | for-profit | Certificate | 4.3 | $16,439 | $46,248 | 71% |
| 9 | Mercer County Technical Education CenterPrinceton, WV | Public | Certificate | 4.8 | $14,500 | $36,263 | 79% |
| 10 | Pierpont Community and Technical CollegeFairmont, WV | Public | Certificate | 6.6 | $21,447 | $39,018 | 42% |
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 West Virginia, one by one
Fayette Institute of Technology
Oak Hill, WV
Fayette Institute of Technology is a public institution in Oak Hill. Its practical nursing graduates leave with a median federal debt of $6,548 and report median earnings of $41,617 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 1.9 months of gross pay: the fastest payback in the state, and 1.8 months faster than the West Virginia state median of 3.7. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 92% completion rate.
Wood County Technical Center-Practical Nursing
Parkersburg, WV
Wood County Technical Center-Practical Nursing is a public institution in Parkersburg. Its practical nursing graduates leave with a median federal debt of $7,091 and report median earnings of $37,542 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 2.3 months of gross pay: the second fastest in the state, and 1.4 months faster than the West Virginia state median of 3.7. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 100% completion rate.
Fred W Eberle Technical Center
Buckhannon, WV
Fred W Eberle Technical Center is a public institution in Buckhannon. Its practical nursing graduates leave with a median federal debt of $8,750 and report median earnings of $34,661 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 3.0 months of gross pay: the third fastest in the state, and 0.7 months faster than the West Virginia state median of 3.7. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 98% completion rate.
Cabell County Career Technology Center
Huntington, WV
Cabell County Career Technology Center is a public institution in Huntington. Its practical nursing graduates leave with a median federal debt of $11,258 and report median earnings of $37,848 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 3.6 months of gross pay: fourth in the state, and right on the West Virginia state median of 3.7. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 64% completion rate.
New River Community and Technical College
Beaver, WV
New River Community and Technical College is a public institution in Beaver. Its practical nursing graduates leave with a median federal debt of $11,750 and report median earnings of $38,778 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 3.6 months of gross pay: fifth in the state, and right on the West Virginia state median of 3.7. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 36% 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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