LPN SCHOOLS IN PENNSYLVANIA — Federal Data, September 2026
LPN Schools in Pennsylvania, Ranked On What Graduates Owe And Earn
41 accredited institutions in Pennsylvania 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 41 ranked programs in Pennsylvania, the median graduate needs 4.4 months of gross pay to cover a median federal debt of $17,690, against median earnings of $47,934 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 Susquehanna County Career and Technology Center in Springville, at 2.7 months.
Every figure on this page is recalculated on Pennsylvania institutions only. Nothing is carried over from the national page.
At A Glance
What the federal data says about LPN schools in Pennsylvania
The Ranking
41 LPN schools in Pennsylvania, ranked by months of gross pay to cover the debt
Lower is better.
| # | School | Type | Award | Months | Debt | Earnings | Completion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Susquehanna County Career and Technology CenterSpringville, PA | Public | Certificate | 2.7 | $9,500 | $42,238 | 97% |
| 2 | Eastern Center for Arts and TechnologyWillow Grove, PA | Public | Certificate | 3.2 | $15,026 | $56,261 | 100% |
| 3 | Delaware County Technical School-Practical Nursing ProgramBroomall, PA | Public | Certificate | 3.2 | $17,375 | $65,986 | 70% |
| 4 | Franklin County Career and Technology CenterChambersburg, PA | Public | Certificate | 3.6 | $14,760 | $48,947 | 88% |
| 5 | Bucks County Community CollegeNewtown, PA | Public | Certificate | 3.7 | $16,672 | $54,103 | 32% |
| 6 | York County School of Technology-Adult & Continuing EducationYork, PA | Public | Certificate | 3.7 | $14,894 | $47,870 | 90% |
| 7 | Mifflin County Academy of Science and TechnologyLewistown, PA | Public | Certificate | 3.7 | $12,731 | $41,319 | 62% |
| 8 | Greene County Career and Technology CenterWaynesburg, PA | Public | Certificate | 3.8 | $16,325 | $52,150 | 60% |
| 9 | Reading Area Community CollegeReading, PA | Public | Certificate | 4.2 | $19,041 | $53,953 | 34% |
| 10 | Somerset County Technology CenterSomerset, PA | Public | Certificate | 4.2 | $17,083 | $48,397 | 87% |
| 11 | Career Technology Center of Lackawanna CountyScranton, PA | Public | Certificate | 4.3 | $17,200 | $47,934 | 57% |
| 12 | Northern Tier Career CenterTowanda, PA | Public | Certificate | 4.3 | $14,750 | $41,346 | 65% |
| 13 | Falcon Institute of Health and ScienceBethlehem, PA | for-profit | Certificate | 4.3 | $16,808 | $47,352 | 67% |
| 14 | West Virginia Junior College-United Career InstituteIrwin, PA | for-profit | Certificate | 4.3 | $16,439 | $46,248 | 78% |
| 15 | Lincoln Technical Institute-AllentownAllentown, PA | for-profit | Certificate | 4.4 | $19,250 | $52,233 | 61% |
| 16 | Western Area Career & Technology CenterCanonsburg, PA | Public | Certificate | 4.4 | $16,500 | $44,872 | n/a |
| 17 | Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit LPN CareerMilton, PA | Public | Certificate | 4.4 | $15,472 | $41,738 | 59% |
| 18 | Jefferson County DuBois Area Vocational Technical SchoolReynoldsville, PA | Public | Certificate | 4.4 | $14,125 | $38,646 | 30% |
| 19 | Venango County Area Vocational Technical SchoolOil City, PA | Public | Certificate | 4.4 | $14,677 | $40,285 | 48% |
| 20 | Lancaster County Career and Technology CenterWillow Street, PA | Public | Certificate | 4.4 | $18,215 | $49,922 | 91% |
| 21 | PITC InstituteWyncote, PA | for-profit | Certificate | 4.4 | $20,241 | $54,959 | 31% |
| 22 | Penn Commercial Business/Technical SchoolWashington, PA | for-profit | Certificate | 4.5 | $16,971 | $44,941 | 84% |
| 23 | Greater Altoona Career & Technology CenterAltoona, PA | Public | Certificate | 4.5 | $17,867 | $47,891 | 68% |
| 24 | Greater Johnstown Career and Technology CenterJohnstown, PA | Public | Certificate | 4.5 | $17,690 | $46,837 | 79% |
| 25 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend CollegeErie, PA | Public | Certificate | 4.6 | $21,000 | $54,669 | 44% |
| 26 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State ScrantonDunmore, PA | Public | Certificate | 4.6 | $21,000 | $54,669 | 39% |
| 27 | Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, PA | Public | Certificate | 4.6 | $21,000 | $54,669 | 86% |
| 28 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State AbingtonAbington, PA | Public | Certificate | 4.6 | $21,000 | $54,669 | 20% |
| 29 | Clearfield County Career and Technology CenterClearfield, PA | Public | Certificate | 4.6 | $14,750 | $38,383 | 79% |
| 30 | Pennsylvania State University-World CampusUniversity Park, PA | Public | Certificate | 4.6 | $21,000 | $54,669 | 34% |
| 31 | Indiana County Technology CenterIndiana, PA | Public | Certificate | 4.8 | $20,565 | $51,048 | 71% |
| 32 | Fayette County Career & Technical Institute Practical Nursing ProgramUniontown, PA | Public | Certificate | 4.9 | $17,130 | $42,251 | 74% |
| 33 | Chester County Intermediate UnitDowningtown, PA | Public | Certificate | 4.9 | $18,075 | $44,616 | 86% |
| 34 | Lehigh Carbon Community CollegeSchnecksville, PA | Public | Certificate | 5.0 | $20,041 | $47,793 | 30% |
| 35 | Prism Career Institute-PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA | for-profit | Certificate | 5.2 | $21,599 | $49,653 | 55% |
| 36 | Pennsylvania Institute of TechnologyMedia, PA | nonprofit | Certificate | 5.5 | $24,218 | $52,794 | 21% |
| 37 | Northampton County Area Community CollegeBethlehem, PA | Public | Certificate | 5.6 | $23,033 | $49,105 | 24% |
| 38 | Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical NursingWilkes Barre, PA | Public | Certificate | 5.6 | $20,740 | $44,551 | 52% |
| 39 | Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and TechnologyPleasant Gap, PA | Public | Certificate | 5.6 | $19,279 | $41,624 | 95% |
| 40 | Fortis Institute-ScrantonScranton, PA | for-profit | Associate | 6.2 | $26,749 | $51,603 | 46% |
| 41 | Great Lakes Institute of TechnologyErie, PA | for-profit | Certificate | 7.0 | $23,958 | $41,229 | 64% |
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 Pennsylvania, one by one
Susquehanna County Career and Technology Center
Springville, PA
Susquehanna County Career and Technology Center is a public institution in Springville. Its practical nursing graduates leave with a median federal debt of $9,500 and report median earnings of $42,238 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 2.7 months of gross pay: the fastest payback in the state, and 1.7 months faster than the Pennsylvania state median of 4.4. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 97% completion rate.
Eastern Center for Arts and Technology
Willow Grove, PA
Eastern Center for Arts and Technology is a public institution in Willow Grove. Its practical nursing graduates leave with a median federal debt of $15,026 and report median earnings of $56,261 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 3.2 months of gross pay: the second fastest in the state, and 1.2 months faster than the Pennsylvania state median of 4.4. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 100% completion rate.
Delaware County Technical School-Practical Nursing Program
Broomall, PA
Delaware County Technical School-Practical Nursing Program is a public institution in Broomall. Its practical nursing graduates leave with a median federal debt of $17,375 and report median earnings of $65,986 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 3.2 months of gross pay: the third fastest in the state, and 1.2 months faster than the Pennsylvania state median of 4.4. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 70% completion rate.
Franklin County Career and Technology Center
Chambersburg, PA
Franklin County Career and Technology Center is a public institution in Chambersburg. Its practical nursing graduates leave with a median federal debt of $14,760 and report median earnings of $48,947 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 3.6 months of gross pay: fourth in the state, and 0.8 months faster than the Pennsylvania state median of 4.4. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 88% completion rate.
Bucks County Community College
Newtown, PA
Bucks County Community College is a public institution in Newtown. Its practical nursing graduates leave with a median federal debt of $16,672 and report median earnings of $54,103 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 3.7 months of gross pay: fifth in the state, and 0.7 months faster than the Pennsylvania state median of 4.4. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 32% 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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