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LVN Programs in Texas
Colleges and schools: 67 · Board list: 55
Programs
123
all sources
Median pay
$62,240
licensed practical and vocational nurses, BLS May 2025; U.S. $64,400
Middle program cost
$24,650
9 programs report one, DOL WIOA list and IPEDS
On the WIOA list
134
LVN programs, U.S. DOL file
With a pass rate
85
board files
First-time NCLEX-PN pass rates by school in Texas
- Pass rates: Texas Board of Nursing, "Licensure Examination - Vocational Nurse (VN) Pass Rates for Last 5 Years", read October 8, 2026 (the file's footer reads "VN 5YR-25 Draft.xlsx": the board marks it as a draft, not a final file).
LVN Programs in Texas: the figures
- Licence
- Licensed vocational nurse (LVN), issued by the Texas Board of Nursing; the exam is the NCLEX-PN, the same one LPNs take in other states
- Programs we list
- 123 in Texas: 67 at colleges and schools, 55 on the board list only, 1 training providers known only from the WIOA list.
- Colleges and schools
- 51 public and 16 private; 3,143 LVN completions in 2023-24 at the 64 that reported any (IPEDS).
- First-time pass rates
- 85 Texas programs have one: middle 94%, lowest 50%, highest 100% (Texas Board of Nursing).
- Listed program cost
- Middle $24,650 in Texas, from $15,000 to $29,400, across 9 programs that report one (DOL WIOA list and IPEDS).
- Median pay
- $62,240 a year for licensed practical and vocational nurses in Texas, against $64,400 for the U.S. (BLS OEWS, May 2025).
- WIOA training funds
- WIOA in Texas: 5,743 programs from 565 providers on the state's list in the U.S. DOL file, 134 of them LVN.
- WIOA results
- 134 LVN programs on Texas's list; middle values: 71.1% of students who exited completed (99 programs report it); 81.4% were employed in the second quarter after exit (103); $9,851 median earnings in that quarter (103) (U.S. DOL file).
- Metro areas
- 8 Texas metro areas have a page; the largest list, Houston, has 25 programs.
By metro area
- Houston area25 programs · median pay $63,670
- Dallas area16 programs · median pay $64,370
- San Antonio area10 programs · median pay $62,280
- Austin area4 programs · median pay $64,580
- Brownsville area4 programs · median pay $56,250
- El Paso area4 programs · median pay $58,770
- Killeen area3 programs · median pay $63,390
- McAllen area4 programs · median pay $56,250
Every LVN program in Texas
| Program | Where | Type | Program cost | Length | Completions | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alvin College | Alvin | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 100.00% | |
| Alvin Community CollegeWIOA list | Alvin | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 19 | Not shown |
| Amarillo CollegeWIOA list | Amarillo | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 23 | Not shown |
| Amarillo College | Amarillo | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 93.88% | |
| Angelina CollegeWIOA list | Lufkin | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 60 | 96.55% |
| Arlington Career Institute | Arlington | Certificate | $18,600 | 12 months | 25 | Not shown |
| Arlington Career Institute | Arlington | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 51.85% | |
| Army Practical Nurse Program | San Antonio | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 99.61% | |
| Austin Community College | Austin | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 97.59% | |
| Austin Community College DistrictWIOA list | Austin | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 38 | Not shown |
| Baptist Health System School of Health Professions | San Antonio | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 19 | 87.23% |
| Bell Tech Career InstituteWIOA list | Houston | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 100.00% | |
| Blinn College DistrictWIOA list | Brenham | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 17 | 100.00% |
| Brazosport CollegeWIOA list | Lake Jackson | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 5 | 91.67% |
| Central Texas CollegeWIOA list | Killeen | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 11 | 92.31% |
| Cisco College | Abilene | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 93.10% | |
| Cisco CollegeWIOA list | Cisco | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 48 | Not shown |
| Clarendon CollegeWIOA list | Childress | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 94.87% | |
| Clarendon College | Clarendon | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 25 | Not shown |
| Coastal Bend College | Beeville | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 51 | 81.58% |
| College of Nursing and Advanced Health ProfessionsWIOA list | Richardson | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 75.00% | |
| College of the MainlandWIOA list | Texas City | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 26 | 95.83% |
| Collin County Community College District | McKinney | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 67 | 95.77% |
| CONCORDE CAREER COLLEGE, Dallas | Dallas | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 88.89% | |
| CONCORDE CAREER COLLEGE, Grand Prairie | Grand Prairie | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 83.62% | |
| Ctk Healthcare & Career Institute | Irving | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 85.71% | |
| CyberTex Institute of TechnologyWIOA list | Austin | Certificate | $27,995 | 14 months | 29 | 73.33% |
| Dallas College | Dallas | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 19 | Not shown |
| Dallas College | Dallas | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 90.48% | |
| Del Mar CollegeWIOA list | Corpus Christi | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 117 | 100.00% |
| Divine School for Healthcare Professionals | Brownsville | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 100.00% | |
| Edwin's Healthcare InstituteWIOA list | Stafford | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 100.00% | |
| El Paso Community CollegeWIOA list | El Paso | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 82 | Not shown |
| El Paso Community College at Mission Del Paso | El Paso | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 87.50% | |
| El Paso Community College-meep | El Paso | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | Not shown | |
| Frank Phillips CollegeWIOA list | Borger | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 38 | 73.17% |
| Galen College of Nursing-San AntonioWIOA list | San Antonio | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 263 | 92.83% |
| Galen Health Institutes-Austin CampusWIOA list | Round Rock | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 65 | Not shown |
| Galen Health Institutes-Dallas | Richardson | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 4 | Not shown |
| Galen Health Institutes-HoustonWIOA list | Houston | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 0 | Not shown |
| Galveston CollegeWIOA list | Galveston | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 10 | Not shown |
| Galveston College | Galveston | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 75.00% | |
| Graduate America | Houston | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 50.00% | |
| Grayson CollegeWIOA list | Denison | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 27 | 96.88% |
| Hallmark University | San Antonio | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 0 | 88.89% |
| Hill CollegeWIOA list | Hillsboro | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 15 | 91.30% |
| Houston City College | Houston | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 86.18% | |
| Houston Community CollegeWIOA list | Houston | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 36 | Not shown |
| Howard CollegeWIOA list | Big Spring | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 56 | 100.00% |
| Howard College San Angelo | San Angelo | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 94.55% | |
| Institute of Allied Healthcare | San Antonio | Certificate | $15,000 | 12 months | 12 | 78.57% |
| Kilgore CollegeWIOA list | Kilgore | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 4 | Not shown |
| Kilgore College at Longview | Kilgore | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 100.00% | |
| Lamar State College-OrangeWIOA list | Orange | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 72 | 89.09% |
| Lamar State College-Port ArthurWIOA list | Port Arthur | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 53 | 93.33% |
| Lamson Institute | San Antonio | Certificate | $24,650 | 12 months | 43 | 56.52% |
| Laredo CollegeWIOA list | Laredo | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 61 | Not shown |
| Laredo College | Laredo | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 91.04% | |
| Lee CollegeWIOA list | Baytown | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 11 | Not shown |
| Lone Star College KingwoodWIOA list | Kingwood | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 92.86% | |
| Lone Star College North Harris Meep | Houston | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 100.00% | |
| Lone Star College System | The Woodlands | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 64 | Not shown |
| Lone Star College TomballWIOA list | Tomball | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 94.74% | |
| Lone Star College, Cyfair | Cypress | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | Not shown | |
| Lone Star College, MontgomeryWIOA list | Conroe | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | Not shown | |
| McLennan Community CollegeWIOA list | Waco | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 32 | 100.00% |
| Midland CollegeWIOA list | Midland | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 24 | Not shown |
| Midland College | Midland | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 100.00% | |
| Navarro CollegeWIOA list | Corsicana | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 75 | 97.50% |
| Navarro College at Mexia | Mexia | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 100.00% | |
| Navarro College at Waxahachie | Waxahachie | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 95.45% | |
| North Central Texas CollegeWIOA list | Gainesville | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 63 | 100.00% |
| Northeast Texas Community CollegeWIOA list | Mount Pleasant | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 14 | 100.00% |
| Odessa CollegeWIOA list | Odessa | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 66 | Not shown |
| Odessa College at Andrews | Andrews | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 92.31% | |
| Odessa College at Monahans | Monahans | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 100.00% | |
| Oxford AcademyWIOA list | San Antonio | WIOA list only | $20,000 | Not reported | Not shown | |
| Panola CollegeWIOA list | Carthage | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 52 | 91.11% |
| Paris Junior CollegeWIOA list | Paris | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 36 | 100.00% |
| Ranger College | Early | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 100.00% | |
| Ranger CollegeWIOA list | Ranger | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 10 | Not shown |
| Rio Grande Valley College | TX | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 93.14% | |
| Rio Grande Valley CollegeWIOA list | Pharr | Certificate | $29,400 | 13 months | 299 | Not shown |
| Rio Grande Valley College | San Antonio | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | Not shown | |
| San Jacinto College North | Houston | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 100.00% | |
| San Jacinto College South | Houston | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 100.00% | |
| San Jacinto Community CollegeWIOA list | Pasadena | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 56 | Not shown |
| Schreiner UniversityWIOA list | Kerrville | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 10 | 100.00% |
| South Plains CollegeWIOA list | Levelland | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 40 | 100.00% |
| South Plains College at Reese Center | Lubbock | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 100.00% | |
| South Plains College, Plainview | Plainview | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 100.00% | |
| South Texas CollegeWIOA list | McAllen | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 149 | Not shown |
| South Texas College | McAllen | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 91.95% | |
| Southwest Texas CollegeWIOA list | Uvalde | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 49 | 80.00% |
| St Philip's CollegeWIOA list | San Antonio | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 57 | 95.45% |
| St. Philip's College, New Braunfels | New Braunfels | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | Not shown | |
| Tarrant County College District | Fort Worth | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 22 | 100.00% |
| Temple CollegeWIOA list | Temple | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 28 | Not shown |
| Temple College at Temple | Temple | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 100.00% | |
| Texarkana CollegeWIOA list | Texarkana | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 38 | Not shown |
| Texarkana College | Texarkana | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 100.00% | |
| Texas Health School | Houston | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 93.15% | |
| Texas Southmost CollegeWIOA list | Brownsville | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 10 | 85.71% |
| Texas State Technical College | Waco | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 55 | Not shown |
| Texas State Technical College HarlingenWIOA list | Harlingen | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 80.00% | |
| Texas State Technical College SweetwaterWIOA list | Sweetwater | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 88.10% | |
| The Chicago School-College of Nursing | Richardson | Certificate | $28,762 | 13 months | 23 | Not shown |
| The College of Health Care Professions-NorthwestWIOA list | Houston | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 31 | 100.00% |
| The Vocational Nursing Institute IncWIOA list | Houston | Certificate | $28,500 | 20 months | 11 | Not shown |
| Trinity Valley Community College Palestine | Palestine | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 70.00% | |
| Trinity Valley Community College Terrell | Terrell | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 95.24% | |
| Tyler County Hospital | Woodville | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 72.73% | |
| Tyler Junior CollegeWIOA list | Tyler | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 117 | 93.14% |
| Valley Baptist Medical CenterWIOA list | Harlingen | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 82.76% | |
| Valley Grande Institute for Academic StudiesWIOA list | Weslaco | Certificate | $24,451 | 13 months | 73 | 87.88% |
| Vernon CollegeWIOA list | Vernon | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 95 | Not shown |
| Vernon College | Vernon | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 90.91% | |
| Victoria CollegeWIOA list | Victoria | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 51 | Not shown |
| Victoria College | Victoria | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 94.44% | |
| Vista College | El Paso | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | Not shown | |
| Weatherford CollegeWIOA list | Weatherford | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 42 | Not shown |
| Weatherford College | Weatherford | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 95.56% | |
| Wharton County Junior CollegeWIOA list | Wharton | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 0 | 95.24% |
- College programs, cost and completions: IPEDS complete data files, 2024-25 collection, read October 8, 2026.
- Approved list: Texas Board of Nursing approved program list, read October 8, 2026.
- Pass rates: Texas Board of Nursing 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, Texas, read October 8, 2026.
Texaslicense and NCLEX-PN fees
| Fee | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Texas Board of Nursing examination application (Nursing Jurisprudence Exam fee included)paid to the Texas Board of Nursing | $75 | Texas Board of Nursing, Schedule of Feesread October 10, 2026 |
| NCLEX-PN registration (until January 31, 2027)paid to Pearson VUE when you register for the NCLEX | $200 | NCSBN, NCLEX Fees & Paymentread October 10, 2026 |
| NCLEX-PN registration (on or after February 1, 2027)the fee is set by the registration date, not the exam date | $350 | NCSBN, NCLEX Fees & Paymentread October 20, 2026 |
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