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LPN Programs in the Chicago area
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area (Illinois, Indiana)
Programs
29
11 within 10 miles
Median pay here
$78,070
licensed practical and vocational nurses, BLS May 2025
Lowest listed cost
$23,995
of 2 with a cost, IPEDS
With a pass rate
15
board files
First-time NCLEX-PN pass rates by school, Chicago area
| Program | Where | Tested | Passed | First-time pass rate | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Rainey Harper College | Palatine, IL | 26 | 26 | 100% | 2025 |
| Ambria College of Nursing at Judson University | Elgin, IL | 25 | 25 | 100% | 2025 |
| Aquarius Institute | Des Plaines, IL | 5 | 5 | 100% | 2025 |
| Scott School of Careers | Chicago, IL | 2 | 2 | 100% | 2024 |
| First Step to Excellence, HCTA | Chicago, IL | 1 | 1 | 100% | 2023 |
| ATS Institute of Technology | Chicago, IL | 137 | 123 | 90% | 2025 |
| North Shore College | Wheeling, IL | 82 | 74 | 90% | 2025 |
| CCC-School of Nursing at Malcolm X | Chicago, IL | 40 | 36 | 90% | 2025 |
| Americare Technical School | Park Ridge, IL | 38 | 34 | 89% | 2025 |
| New Lake College | Franklin Park, IL | 18 | 16 | 89% | 2025 |
| CAAN Academy of Nursing | Matteson, IL | 16 | 14 | 88% | 2025 |
| Great Paragon Healthcare, Inc | Chicago, IL | 29 | 25 | 86% | 2025 |
| Verve College | Oak Brook, IL | 127 | 100 | 79% | 2025 |
| State Career College | Gurnee, IL | 53 | 33 | 62% | 2025 |
| Illinois College of Nursing | Palos Hills, IL | 19 | 7 | 37% | 2025 |
| All 15 programs | 618 | 521 |
- Pass rates: Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation NCLEX-PN pass-rate file, read October 8, 2026.
LPN Programs in the Chicago area at a glance
- Open to the public
- 29 programs: 9 at colleges and schools (IPEDS), 19 on the board list only, 1 known only from the WIOA list
- Distance from Chicago
- 11 within 10 miles; nearest 2.2 miles, farthest 49.4 miles
- Listed program cost
- 2 of 29 list one: $23,995 to $29,020 (IPEDS)
- Program length
- 2 colleges list a length: 15 months to 16 months (IPEDS)
- Length on the WIOA list
- 13 listed programs give weeks: 5 to 104 weeks full time
- Completions, 2023-24
- 394 LPN/LVN awards at the 9 colleges that reported any (IPEDS)
- First-time pass rates
- 15 programs have one: middle 90%, lowest 37%, highest 100% (Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, 2023 and 2024 and 2025)
- On the WIOA list
- 13 of 29 on Illinois's or Indiana's eligible training list (DOL file, June 30, 2025); middle 72% of exiters employed in the second quarter (3 report it)
- Pay here
- $78,070 median for licensed practical and vocational nurses ($37.54 an hour); 10th to 90th percentile $62,200 to $96,530; 11,420 employed in the metro area; Illinois median $75,000 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)
LPN/LVN programs, nearest to Chicago first
| Program | Where | Type | Program cost | Length | Completions | Pass rate | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott School of Careers | Chicago, IL | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 100% | 2.2 | |
| Morton College | Cicero, IL | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 17 | Not shown | 3.0 |
| CCC-School of Nursing at Malcolm X | Chicago, IL | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 90% | 5.5 | |
| City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X CollegeWIOA list | Chicago, IL | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 36 | Not shown | 6.1 |
| New Lake College | Franklin Park, IL | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 89% | 7.0 | |
| Stellar Career College | Chicago, IL | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | Not shown | 8.1 | |
| ATS Institute of Technology | Chicago, IL | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 90% | 8.5 | |
| Midwestern Career College | Chicago, IL | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | Not shown | 8.9 | |
| Aquarius Institute | Des Plaines, IL | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 100% | 9.6 | |
| Nirvana InstituteWIOA list | Chicago, IL | WIOA list only | Not reported | Not reported | Not shown | 9.8 | |
| Verve CollegeWIOA list | Oak Brook, IL | Certificate | $23,995 | 15 months | 88 | 79% | 10.0 |
| Lakeside Health Institute, Inc | Oak Lawn, IL | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | Not shown | 10.4 | |
| Americare Technical SchoolWIOA list | Park Ridge, IL | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 89% | 10.8 | |
| U.S. Nursing College | Chicago, IL | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | Not shown | 11.1 | |
| Great Paragon Healthcare, IncWIOA list | Chicago, IL | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 86% | 11.3 | |
| Illinois College of NursingWIOA list | Palos Hills, IL | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 37% | 11.3 | |
| Moraine Valley Community CollegeWIOA list | Palos Hills, IL | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 6 | Not shown | 11.8 |
| College of DuPage | Glen Ellyn, IL | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 72 | Not shown | 14.5 |
| Oakton College | Des Plaines, IL | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 7 | Not shown | 14.5 |
| First Step to Excellence, HCTAWIOA list | Chicago, IL | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 100% | 15.9 | |
| North Shore CollegeWIOA list | Wheeling, IL | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 90% | 19.3 | |
| William Rainey Harper CollegeWIOA list | Palatine, IL | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 24 | 100% | 20.9 |
| CAAN Academy of Nursing | Matteson, IL | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 88% | 24.9 | |
| Ambria College of NursingWIOA list | Hoffman Estates, IL | Certificate | $29,020 | 16 months | 32 | Not shown | 26.1 |
| Ambria College of Nursing at Judson University | Elgin, IL | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 100% | 29.4 | |
| Joliet Junior CollegeWIOA list | Joliet, IL | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 112 | Not shown | 32.0 |
| State Career College | Gurnee, IL | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 62% | 36.1 | |
| Ivy Tech Community College - Lake County | Crown Point, IN | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | Not shown | 39.9 | |
| Ivy Tech Community College - ValparaisoWIOA list | Valparaiso, IN | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | Not shown | 49.4 |
- College programs, cost and completions: IPEDS complete data files, 2024-25 collection, read October 8, 2026.
- Pass rates: Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation NCLEX-PN pass-rate file, read October 8, 2026.
- WIOA list: DOL TrainingProviderResults.gov program file (ETA-9171), read October 8, 2026.
- Pay: BLS OEWS, May 2025, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, read October 8, 2026.
Paying for training
- WIOA in Illinois: 3,233 programs are on the state's list in the U.S. DOL file, 47 of them LPN/LVN.
- Pell Grants for short programs
- Workforce Pell
- GI Bill
Other Illinois metro areas
- Rockford area4 programs