10 accredited schools across the Philadelphia metro area trained 497 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.
177 LPN credentials awarded in 2023–24 at this private for-profit career school, the 2nd-most in the state. Published tuition and fees plus books and supplies come to $34,172 for a program of about 52 weeks.
Public career school in Willow Grove that reported 74 LPN graduates in 2023–24, the 5th-most in the state. Published tuition and fees plus books and supplies come to $18,850 for a program of about 48 weeks.
This public career school in Delaware County graduated 56 LPN students in 2023–24. Published tuition and fees plus books and supplies come to $24,233 for a program of about 48 weeks.
Private for-profit two-year college in Essington that reported 46 LPN graduates in 2023–24. Published tuition and fees plus books and supplies come to $27,086 for a program of about 15 months.
This public two-year college in Salem County graduated 44 LPN students in 2023–24. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $6,150 ($9,900 out of state).
38 LPN credentials awarded in 2023–24 at this public career school. Published tuition and fees plus books and supplies come to $27,621 for a program of about 49 weeks.
Public two-year college in Blackwood that reported 30 LPN graduates in 2023–24. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $2,760 ($2,856 out of state).
Private nonprofit career school in Philadelphia that reported 18 LPN graduates in 2023–24. Published tuition and fees plus books and supplies come to $23,415 for a program of about 88 weeks.
Public career school in Westampton that reported 10 LPN graduates in 2023–24. Published tuition and fees plus books and supplies come to $17,596 for a program of about 11 months.
This public two-year college in Cecil County graduated 4 LPN students in 2023–24. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $3,900 ($8,490 out of state).
10 accredited schools in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area graduated 497 LPN students in 2023–24. The largest was Lincoln Technical Institute-Moorestown with 177.
Among schools that published a program price, Burlington County Institute of Technology-Adult Education in Westampton listed the lowest total: $17,596 for tuition, books and supplies.
Licensed Practical Nurses in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro earn a median $70,710 a year ($34.00/hour), per BLS May 2025 data. That compares with $63,940 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.