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LVN Programs in the Dallas area
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area
Programs
16
4 within 10 miles
Median pay here
$64,370
licensed practical and vocational nurses, BLS May 2025
Lowest listed cost
$18,600
of 2 with a cost, IPEDS
With a pass rate
11
board files
First-time NCLEX-PN pass rates by school, Dallas area
| Program | Where | Tested | Passed | First-time pass rate | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tarrant County College District | Fort Worth | 14 | 14 | 100.00% | 2025 |
| Collin County Community College District | McKinney | 71 | 68 | 95.77% | 2025 |
| Weatherford College | Weatherford | 45 | 43 | 95.56% | 2025 |
| Navarro College at Waxahachie | Waxahachie | 44 | 42 | 95.45% | 2025 |
| Trinity Valley Community College Terrell | Terrell | 21 | 20 | 95.24% | 2025 |
| Dallas College | Dallas | 21 | 19 | 90.48% | 2025 |
| CONCORDE CAREER COLLEGE, Dallas | Dallas | 54 | 48 | 88.89% | 2025 |
| Ctk Healthcare & Career Institute | Irving | 7 | 6 | 85.71% | 2025 |
| CONCORDE CAREER COLLEGE, Grand Prairie | Grand Prairie | 116 | 97 | 83.62% | 2025 |
| College of Nursing and Advanced Health Professions | Richardson | 8 | 6 | 75.00% | 2025 |
| Arlington Career Institute | Arlington | 27 | 14 | 51.85% | 2025 |
| All 11 programs | 428 | 377 |
- 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 the Dallas area at a glance
- Open to the public
- 16 programs: 7 at colleges and schools (IPEDS), 9 on the board list only
- Distance from Dallas
- 4 within 10 miles; nearest 2.3 miles, farthest 48.5 miles
- Listed program cost
- 2 of 16 list one: $18,600 to $28,762 (IPEDS)
- Program length
- 2 colleges list a length: 12 months to 13 months (IPEDS)
- Completions, 2023-24
- 202 LVN awards at the 7 colleges that reported any (IPEDS)
- First-time pass rates
- 11 programs have one: middle 90%, lowest 52%, highest 100% (Texas Board of Nursing, 2025)
- On the WIOA list
- 2 of 16 on Texas's eligible training list (DOL file, June 30, 2025)
- Licence
- Licensed vocational nurse (LVN), issued by the Texas Board of Nursing; the exam is the NCLEX-PN
- Exam and licence fees
- Texas Board of Nursing examination application (Nursing Jurisprudence Exam fee included) $75; NCLEX-PN registration (until January 31, 2027) $200; NCLEX-PN registration (on or after February 1, 2027) $350 (read October 10, 2026)
- Pay here
- $64,370 median for licensed practical and vocational nurses ($30.95 an hour); 10th to 90th percentile $53,930 to $77,620; 12,590 employed in the metro area; Texas median $62,240 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)
LVN programs, nearest to Dallas first
| Program | Where | Type | Program cost | Length | Completions | Pass rate | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ctk Healthcare & Career Institute | Irving | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 85.71% | 2.3 | |
| Arlington Career Institute | Arlington | Certificate | $18,600 | 12 months | 25 | Not shown | 7.3 |
| Arlington Career Institute | Arlington | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 51.85% | 8.3 | |
| Dallas College | Dallas | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 90.48% | 9.5 | |
| Dallas College | Dallas | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 19 | Not shown | 10.3 |
| CONCORDE CAREER COLLEGE, Grand Prairie | Grand Prairie | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 83.62% | 11.0 | |
| CONCORDE CAREER COLLEGE, Dallas | Dallas | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 88.89% | 14.8 | |
| The Chicago School-College of Nursing | Richardson | Certificate | $28,762 | 13 months | 23 | Not shown | 16.5 |
| College of Nursing and Advanced Health ProfessionsWIOA list | Richardson | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 75.00% | 17.0 | |
| Galen Health Institutes-Dallas | Richardson | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 4 | Not shown | 17.7 |
| Tarrant County College District | Fort Worth | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 22 | 100.00% | 22.1 |
| Collin County Community College District | McKinney | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 67 | 95.77% | 30.5 |
| Navarro College at Waxahachie | Waxahachie | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 95.45% | 31.9 | |
| Trinity Valley Community College Terrell | Terrell | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 95.24% | 39.0 | |
| Weatherford College | Weatherford | Board list | Not reported | Not reported | 95.56% | 48.2 | |
| Weatherford CollegeWIOA list | Weatherford | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 42 | Not shown | 48.5 |
- College programs, cost and completions: IPEDS complete data files, 2024-25 collection, 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, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, read October 8, 2026.
- Fees: Texas Board of Nursing, Schedule of Fees, read October 10, 2026.
- Fees: NCSBN, NCLEX Fees & Payment, read October 20, 2026.
Paying for training
- WIOA in Texas: 5,743 programs are on the state's list in the U.S. DOL file, 134 of them LVN.
- Pell Grants for short programs
- Workforce Pell
- GI Bill
Other Texas metro areas
- Houston area25 programs
- San Antonio area10 programs
- Austin area4 programs
- Brownsville area4 programs
- El Paso area4 programs
- Killeen area3 programs
- McAllen area4 programs