LPN PROGRAMS IN MISSISSIPPI — Federal Data, September 2026
LPN Programs in Mississippi, Ranked On What Graduates Owe And Earn
11 accredited institutions in Mississippi 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 11 ranked programs in Mississippi, the median graduate needs 4.3 months of gross pay to cover a median federal debt of $14,890, against median earnings of $38,777 one year after completion.
That is exactly in line with 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 Coahoma Community College in Clarksdale, at 3.2 months.
Every figure on this page is recalculated on Mississippi institutions only. Nothing is carried over from the national page.
At A Glance
What the federal data says about LPN programs in Mississippi
The Ranking
11 LPN programs in Mississippi, ranked by months of gross pay to cover the debt
Lower is better.
| # | School | Type | Award | Months | Debt | Earnings | Completion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coahoma Community CollegeClarksdale, MS | Public | Certificate | 3.2 | $10,788 | $41,032 | 41% |
| 2 | Itawamba Community CollegeFulton, MS | Public | Certificate | 3.5 | $10,875 | $37,132 | 50% |
| 3 | Northeast Mississippi Community CollegeBooneville, MS | Public | Certificate | 3.8 | $12,178 | $38,777 | 34% |
| 4 | Northwest Mississippi Community CollegeSenatobia, MS | Public | Certificate | 4.0 | $10,998 | $32,788 | 45% |
| 5 | Pearl River Community CollegePoplarville, MS | Public | Certificate | 4.2 | $14,890 | $42,177 | 37% |
| 6 | Meridian Community CollegeMeridian, MS | Public | Certificate | 4.3 | $12,313 | $34,111 | 34% |
| 7 | Mississippi Delta Community CollegeMoorhead, MS | Public | Certificate | 4.5 | $16,048 | $42,855 | 31% |
| 8 | Holmes Community CollegeGoodman, MS | Public | Certificate | 5.0 | $16,667 | $40,058 | 39% |
| 9 | Jones County Junior CollegeEllisville, MS | Public | Certificate | 5.5 | $15,764 | $34,148 | 41% |
| 10 | Hinds Community CollegeRaymond, MS | Public | Certificate | 6.1 | $21,645 | $42,518 | 43% |
| 11 | East Mississippi Community CollegeScooba, MS | Public | Certificate | 8.4 | $25,628 | $36,809 | 48% |
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 Mississippi, one by one
Coahoma Community College
Clarksdale, MS
Coahoma Community College is a public institution in Clarksdale. Its practical nursing graduates leave with a median federal debt of $10,788 and report median earnings of $41,032 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 3.2 months of gross pay: the fastest payback in the state, and 1.1 months faster than the Mississippi state median of 4.3. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 41% completion rate.
Itawamba Community College
Fulton, MS
Itawamba Community College is a public institution in Fulton. Its practical nursing graduates leave with a median federal debt of $10,875 and report median earnings of $37,132 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 3.5 months of gross pay: the second fastest in the state, and 0.8 months faster than the Mississippi state median of 4.3. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 50% completion rate.
Northeast Mississippi Community College
Booneville, MS
Northeast Mississippi Community College is a public institution in Booneville. Its practical nursing graduates leave with a median federal debt of $12,178 and report median earnings of $38,777 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 3.8 months of gross pay: the third fastest in the state, and 0.5 months faster than the Mississippi state median of 4.3. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 34% completion rate.
Northwest Mississippi Community College
Senatobia, MS
Northwest Mississippi Community College is a public institution in Senatobia. Its practical nursing graduates leave with a median federal debt of $10,998 and report median earnings of $32,788 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 4.0 months of gross pay: fourth in the state, and 0.3 months faster than the Mississippi state median of 4.3. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 45% completion rate.
Pearl River Community College
Poplarville, MS
Pearl River Community College is a public institution in Poplarville. Its practical nursing graduates leave with a median federal debt of $14,890 and report median earnings of $42,177 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 4.2 months of gross pay: fifth in the state, and right on the Mississippi state median of 4.3. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 37% 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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