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LPN/LVN program at Capital Area Career Center
Springfield, IL · Public less-than-2-year · (217) 585-1215 · School website
The program in figures
- Tuition and fees, whole programIPEDS 2024-25, certificate (1 to under 2 years)
- Not reported
- LengthIPEDS
- Not reported
- CompletionsIPEDS 2023-24, all levels
- 98
- First-time NCLEX-PN pass rateIllinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, 2025, as printed
- 90%
- Graduates' median earnings, 1 year afterCollege Scorecard, 140 graduates
- $52,517
- Median earnings, 4 years afterCollege Scorecard
- $60,084
- Median federal debtCollege Scorecard, about $101 a month over 10 years
- $9,500
- National median, same field, 4 years afterCollege Scorecard, all schools
- $56,073
- Typical pay for licensed practical and vocational nursesBLS OEWS May 2025, Springfield, IL
- $60,110
Every line comes from the federal file named under it. A blank means the source does not publish the figure for this program; we never estimate it.
About this program
Capital Area Career Center awarded 98 LPN/LVN credentials in 2023-24 (IPEDS), its largest career program of 2 we list.
NCLEX-PN results
Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation printed a first-time pass rate of 90% for Capital Area School of Practical Nursing in 2025 (111 tested, 100 passed).
| Period | Tested | Passed | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 97 | 75 | 77% |
| 2022 | 81 | 66 | 81% |
| 2023 | 89 | 87 | 98% |
| 2024 | 98 | 96 | 98% |
| 2025 | 111 | 100 | 90% |
Source: Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation NCLEX-PN pass-rate file.
On Illinois's WIOA eligible training provider list
People who meet WIOA's rules for training services can have their local workforce board pay for a program on the state's eligible training provider list. Limits vary by area. How WIOA training funds work.
| Listed program | Tuition and fees | Length | Completed | Employed, 2nd quarter | Median earnings, 2nd quarter | Students who exited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capital Area School Of Practical Nursing (CASPN)License Recognized by the State Involved or the Federal Government · In person · CIP 51.3901 | $8+ $7 books | 40 weeks, 40 hours a week | Suppressed | Suppressed | Suppressed | Suppressed |
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov program file (ETA-9171): programs on state lists as of June 30, 2025; outcomes for all students who exited between July 2021 and June 2025, not only WIOA-funded ones. Median earnings are one quarter's pay in the second quarter after exit. Suppressed means DOL withheld the figure (a small group, nothing reported, or a data quality hold); for length it can also mean a competency-based program. Matched to this page by provider name, address and field of study (CIP code).
DOL marks this state's outcome reporting with a data quality note: read completion and employment figures with care.
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