3 accredited schools across the Dayton metro area trained 155 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.
63 LPN credentials awarded in 2023–24 at this private for-profit two-year college. Published tuition and fees plus books and supplies come to $21,289 for a program of about 40 weeks.
Public career school in Englewood that reported 53 LPN graduates in 2023–24.
39 LPN credentials awarded in 2023–24 at this private for-profit two-year college. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $13,789.
3 accredited schools in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH metro area graduated 155 LPN students in 2023–24. The largest was Ohio Medical Career College with 63.
Among schools that published a program price, Ohio Medical Career College in Dayton listed the lowest total: $21,289 for tuition, books and supplies.
Licensed Practical Nurses in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH metro earn a median $61,770 a year ($29.70/hour), per BLS May 2025 data. That compares with $61,950 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.