LPN Programs in the Boston area

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area

Programs

2 within 10 miles

Median pay here

$82,190

licensed practical and vocational nurses, BLS May 2025

Lowest listed cost

$14,540

of 2 with a cost, IPEDS

LPN Programs in the Boston area at a glance

Open to the public: 7 programs: 7 at colleges and schools (IPEDS)
Distance from Boston: 2 within 10 miles; nearest 8.1 miles, farthest 25.7 miles
Listed program cost: 2 of 7 list one: $14,540 to $17,158 (IPEDS)
Program length: 2 colleges list a length: 10 months each (IPEDS)
Length on the WIOA list: 1 listed program gives weeks: 40 weeks full time
Completions, 2023-24: 169 LPN/LVN awards at the 7 colleges that reported any (IPEDS)
On the WIOA list: 1 of 7 on Massachusetts's eligible training list (DOL file, June 30, 2025)
Pay here: $82,190 median for licensed practical and vocational nurses ($39.52 an hour); 10th to 90th percentile $61,680 to $94,110; 8,410 employed in the metro area; Massachusetts median $80,220 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)

Program	Where	Type	Program cost	Length	Completions	Miles
Shawsheen Valley School of Practical Nursing	Billerica	Certificate	$14,540	10 months	25	8.1
Massachusetts Bay Community College	Wellesley Hills	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	10	9.8
North Shore Community College	Danvers	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	35	14.7
Quincy College	Quincy	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	25	15.2
Blue Hills Regional Technical School	Canton	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	20	17.8
Assabet Valley Regional Technical SchoolWIOA list	Marlborough	Certificate	$17,158	10 months	38	20.9
Northern Essex Community College	Haverhill	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	16	25.7

WIOA in Massachusetts: 922 programs are on the state's list in the U.S. DOL file, 13 of them LPN/LVN.
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