LPN Programs in the Rochester area

Rochester, NY metro area

Programs

2 within 10 miles

Median pay here

$62,060

licensed practical and vocational nurses, BLS May 2025

Lowest listed cost

$20,300

of 2 with a cost, IPEDS

LPN Programs in the Rochester area at a glance

Open to the public: 4 programs: 4 at colleges and schools (IPEDS)
Distance from Rochester: 2 within 10 miles; nearest 7.6 miles, farthest 22.6 miles
Listed program cost: 2 of 4 list one: $20,300 to $23,274 (IPEDS)
Program length: 2 colleges list a length: 10 months to 11 months (IPEDS)
Completions, 2023-24: 164 LPN/LVN awards at the 3 colleges that reported any (IPEDS)
Pay here: $62,060 median for licensed practical and vocational nurses ($29.84 an hour); 10th to 90th percentile $53,020 to $71,780; 3,330 employed in the metro area; New York median $67,180 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)

Program	Where	Type	Program cost	Length	Completions	Miles
Wayne Finger Lakes BOCES-Practical Nursing Program	Newark	Certificate	$20,300	11 months	30	7.6
Finger Lakes Community College	Canandaigua	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	0	8.9
Marion S Whelan School of Nursing of Geneva General Hospital	Geneva	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	8	14.4
Isabella Graham Hart School of Practical Nursing	Rochester	Certificate	$23,274	10 months	126	22.6

College programs, cost and completions: IPEDS complete data files, 2024-25 collection, read October 8, 2026.
Pay: BLS OEWS, May 2025, Rochester, NY, read October 8, 2026.

WIOA in New York: 3,039 programs are on the state's list in the U.S. DOL file, 9 of them LPN/LVN.
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