6 accredited schools across the Tampa metro area trained 191 LPNs in 2023–24. Here’s how they compare on cost, length and size, plus what the job pays locally.
Updated October 2026 · Data: IPEDS 2023–24, BLS May 2025
Sorted by number of 2023–24 graduates (IPEDS), a proxy for program size and stability.
52 LPN credentials awarded in 2023–24 at this private for-profit four-year institution. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $13,500.
Public career school in Clearwater that reported 43 LPN graduates in 2023–24. Published tuition and fees plus books and supplies come to $7,708 for a program of about 54 weeks.
This public career school in Pinellas County graduated 42 LPN students in 2023–24. Published tuition and fees plus books and supplies come to $7,603 for a program of about 54 weeks.
This public two-year college in Hillsborough County graduated 20 LPN students in 2023–24. Published tuition and fees plus books and supplies come to $6,552 for a program of about 54 weeks.
This public four-year institution in Pasco County graduated 19 LPN students in 2023–24. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $2,297 ($9,272 out of state).
Private for-profit four-year institution in Saint Petersburg that reported 15 LPN graduates in 2023–24. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $16,200.
6 accredited schools in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro area graduated 191 LPN students in 2023–24. The largest was ATA Career Education with 52.
Among schools that published a program price, Erwin Technical College in Tampa listed the lowest total: $6,552 for tuition, books and supplies.
Licensed Practical Nurses in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro earn a median $62,490 a year ($30.04/hour), per BLS May 2025 data. That compares with $61,770 statewide and $64,400 nationally.
State-approved practical nursing programs usually take about a year of full-time study; part-time and associate-degree routes take longer.