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LPN/LVN program at Gaston College

Dallas, NC · Public 2-year · (704) 922-6200 · School website

On North Carolina's WIOA eligible training provider list (DOL file dated June 30, 2025) School takes federal student aid (IPEDS) Accreditor on file: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges

The program in figures

Tuition and fees, whole programIPEDS 2024-25, certificate (12 weeks to under 1 year)
Not reported
LengthIPEDS
Not reported
CompletionsIPEDS 2023-24, all levels
195
Graduates' earningsCollege Scorecard reports Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants as one group at this school
Not shown for this program alone
National median, same field, 4 years afterCollege Scorecard, all schools
$56,073
Typical pay for licensed practical and vocational nursesBLS OEWS May 2025, Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
$65,140

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

Gaston College awarded 195 LPN/LVN credentials in 2023-24 (IPEDS), its largest career program of 14 we list.

AwardCIPCompletionsLengthTuition
Certificate (12 weeks to under 1 year)51.3901 Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training141Not reportedNot reported
Certificate (1 to under 2 years)51.3901 Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training54Not reportedNot reported

On North Carolina'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 programTuition and feesLengthCompletedEmployed, 2nd quarterMedian earnings, 2nd quarterStudents who exited
Nursing-Practical Nursing Diploma (D45660)Nursing-Practical Nursing Diploma (D45660) · In person · CIP 51.3901$4,705+ $3,253 books42 weeks, 31 hours a week70%89.8%$14,577237

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).

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