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LPN / LVN programs in California on the federal training list, by published cost
52 programs in California’s Training Provider Results index carry one of the occupation codes for LPN / LVN (29-2061). Published costs run from $430 to $46,844; 0 programs report no cost and sit at the end. Sorted by the cost each provider reported — “cheapest” here means the lowest published figure on the federal list on the snapshot date, not a verdict on quality, and never a price you are promised. Snapshot taken 2026-09-02.
| # | Published cost basis | Program (provider’s page) · credential · code | Provider · city | Length | Exited | Completed | Employed Q2 after exit | Median earnings, Q2 (one quarter) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $430 | IV Therapy and Blood Withdrawal | Ventura Training Institute | 3 wk · 36 hrs | 18 | 94% | 100% | $11,700 |
| 2 | $450 | Intravenous Blood Withdrawal Therapy | Clovis Adult Education | 1 wk · 39 hrs | 64 | 100% | 100% | $9,513 |
| 3 | $535 | Intravenous Therapy Blood Withdrawal Certification | Curam College (Nursing Practice and Education Consultants) | 1 wk · 36 hrs | 22 | 100% | 100% | — |
| 4 | $900 | Vocational Nursing Pre-Requisites | Sacramento City USD-Charles A. Jones | 5 wk · 40 hrs | 248 | 92% | 100% | $9,140 |
| 5 | $1,746 | Pre-requisites courses for Vocational Nurse | Clovis Adult Education | 40 wk · 7 hrs | 247 | 100% | 56% | $9,904 |
| 6 | $2,620 | Nursing Assistant Training Program | California Healthcare Skills Center | 6 wk · 24 hrs | 201 | 93% | 60% | $11,040 |
| 7 | $2,895 | Vocational Nursing Certificate of Achievement | City College of San Francisco | 51 wk · 40 hrs | 14 | — | — | — |
| 8 | $3,500 | Nurse Assistant (Hybrid) | Prestige Career College | 5 wk · 32 hrs | 1,719 | 98% | 82% | $9,828 |
| 9 | $3,613 | LVN to Non-Degree Nurse- BC | Kern Community College District | 32 wk · 23 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | $3,730 | Licensed Vocational Nursing, CA | College of the Redwoods | 48 wk · 28 hrs | 44 | 75% | 84% | $14,414 |
| 11 | $5,035 | Vocational Nursing CC | Kern Community College District | 64 wk · 26 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | $5,421 | Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) | Fresno Adult School | 78 wk · 20 hrs | 83 | 84% | 86% | $13,414 |
| 13 | $5,652 | Fast Tract Vocational Nursing Certificate of Achievement | Palo Verde College | 18 wk · 12 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 14 | $5,760 | Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) Associates of Science | Feather River College | 52 wk · 20 hrs | 10 | 90% | — | — |
| 15 | $5,809 | Licensed Vocational Nurse (AS Degree) | Lassen Community College | 34 wk · 20 hrs | 66 | 71% | 87% | $13,036 |
| 16 | $6,424 | Licensed Vocational Nursing | Butte College | 51 wk · 15 hrs | 34 | 85% | 58% | $14,955 |
| 17 | $6,500 | Licensed Vocational Nursing - AS Degree | College of the Redwoods | 48 wk · 36 hrs | 31 | 71% | 75% | $4,481 |
| 18 | $7,000 | Vocational Nurse | Kern High School District-BAS | 72 wk · 23 hrs | 35 | 91% | 87% | $13,630 |
| 19 | $7,187 | Nursing - Vocational Nursing Certificate | Shasta College | 54 wk · 25 hrs | 175 | 25% | 96% | $14,548 |
| 20 | $7,221 | Licensed Vocational Nurse | Inland Career Education Center - San Bernardino Adult School | 75 wk · 24 hrs | 52 | 85% | 92% | $10,208 |
| 21 | $7,750 | Vocational Nursing Program | GROSSMONT ADULT SCHOOL | 57 wk · 8 hrs | 326 | 80% | 100% | — |
| 22 | $8,085 | Vocational Nursing Program | Tulare Adult School | 70 wk · 21 hrs | 79 | 99% | 100% | $13,728 |
| 23 | $8,154 | Vocational Nurse (LVN) | Hacienda La Puente Adult Education | 48 wk · 32 hrs | 78 | 95% | 84% | $17,170 |
| 24 | $8,200 | Vocational Nursing- BC | Kern Community College District | 48 wk · 30 hrs | 14 | 86% | 88% | $16,026 |
| 25 | $10,435 | Vocational Nursing | Maxine Waters Employment Prep Center - LAUSD | 40 wk · 38 hrs | 70 | 91% | 55% | $14,325 |
| 26 | $11,831 | Vocational Nursing Program/Practical Nurse License - Multiple Cohorts | Visalia Adult School | 74 wk · 35 hrs | 225 | 78% | 90% | $13,758 |
| 27 | $12,408 | Licensed Vocational Nursing | Ukiah Adult School | 52 wk · 30 hrs | 56 | 77% | 81% | $13,520 |
| 28 | $12,729 | Medical Assistant | Health Care Integrated School Based Health | 17 wk · 38 hrs | 3 | 100% | — | — |
| 29 | $17,825 | Vocational Nursing | Downey Adult School | 48 wk · 32 hrs | 267 | 99% | 97% | $15,865 |
| 30 | $18,000 | Licensed Vocational Nurse | Clovis Adult Education | 78 wk · 24 hrs | 174 | 89% | 91% | $13,459 |
| 31 | $18,000 | VOCATIONAL NURSING | SUTTER COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS | 72 wk · 40 hrs | 40 | 98% | 100% | $15,715 |
| 32 | $20,300 | Vocational Nurse | North Orange County Regional Occupational Program | 51 wk · 31 hrs | 135 | 84% | 67% | $14,820 |
| 33 | $25,100 | Vocational Nursing | Sacramento City USD-Charles A. Jones | 39 wk · 40 hrs | 171 | 61% | 96% | $13,575 |
| 34 | $28,000 | Vocational Nursing | Nurses' Development Center, Inc. | 48 wk · 34 hrs | 65 | 55% | 89% | $15,360 |
| 35 | $29,890 | Vocational Nursing Program | Pacific Times Healthcare College | 56 wk · 28 hrs | 40 | 68% | 96% | $21,156 |
| 36 | $31,735 | Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) | Health Care Integrated School Based Health | 52 wk · 15 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 37 | $34,277 | VOCATIONAL NURSING | Pacific College | 48 wk · 32 hrs | 51 | 69% | 79% | $12,610 |
| 38 | $34,500 | Vocational Nurse Program | Beaumont Adult School | 72 wk · 24 hrs | 200 | 91% | 100% | $14,100 |
| 39 | $34,688 | Vocational Nurse (LVN) Program | First Lady Permanente | 48 wk · 36 hrs | 13 | 100% | 100% | $18,200 |
| 40 | $35,300 | Vocational Nurse | Lotus Medical Career College | 49 wk · 35 hrs | 10 | 100% | 100% | — |
| 41 | $35,311 | Vocational Nurse | Contra Costa Medical Career College | 52 wk · 32 hrs | 70 | 97% | 74% | $15,373 |
| 42 | $35,602 | Vocational Nursing | Angeles Institute, LLC | 44 wk · 37 hrs | 213 | 75% | 73% | $10,400 |
| 43 | $36,189 | Vocational Nursing - Full-time | Institute of Technology | 51 wk · 28 hrs | 1,389 | 75% | 72% | $15,585 |
| 44 | $36,922 | Vocational Nurse | Career Development Institute, Inc. | 56 wk · 27 hrs | 599 | 67% | 49% | $16,788 |
| 45 | $37,510 | Vocational Nursing | Blake Austin College | 48 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 46 | $37,900 | Licensed Vocational Nurse | California Nurses Educational Institute | 60 wk · 28 hrs | 375 | 73% | 68% | $15,250 |
| 47 | $38,113 | Vocational Nurse | Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts | 48 wk · 30 hrs | 1,697 | 73% | 62% | — |
| 48 | $38,694 | Vocational Nurse | Concorde Career College Inc. - San Bernardino | 50 wk · 32 hrs | 406 | 59% | 52% | $13,920 |
| 49 | $38,960 | Vocational Nurse | Concorde Career College - Garden Grove & San Diego | 50 wk · 32 hrs | 482 | 78% | 55% | $15,600 |
| 50 | $41,810 | Vocational Nursing (Blended) | American Career College | 54 wk · 30 hrs | 1,959 | 65% | 84% | $15,080 |
| 51 | $45,792 | Licensed Vocational Nursing to Registered Nursing | San Joaquin Valley College - Central Administration Office | 50 wk · 29 hrs | 434 | 72% | 87% | — |
| 52 | $46,844 | Vocational Nursing | San Joaquin Valley College - Central Administration Office | 67 wk · 28 hrs | 627 | 66% | 81% | — |
Source and date: U.S. Department of Labor, Training Provider Results — the open program index behind trainingproviderresults.gov, snapshot taken 2026-09-02 (3,266 programs for California in the index that day); the site states the data cover programs approved as of June 30, 2025 and outcomes for July 1, 2021 – June 30, 2025. Cost is Out-of-Pocket Cost for a Non-WIOA Participant: Tuition and Requested Fees (DE111) where the provider reported it, otherwise Average number of dollars the training program received from each WIOA participant Individual Training Account (ITA) during the time period (DE138/DE135) — the basis is printed under each figure; books and supplies are added only when reported separately. “Completed” = Percent of All Students who completed the program (DE122/DE121); “Employed Q2” = Percent of All Students Exiters who were employed in the 2nd Quarter after Exit (DE123/DE129); “Median earnings” = Median Earnings in the 2nd Quarter after Exit of All Students that are Employed in the 2nd Quarter after Exit (DE125) — one calendar quarter, not a year. A dash means the federal file prints −1: Values displayed as "-1" indicate data that have been suppressed to protect confidentiality. Your local job center decides eligibility — this shows what is on the list and what it cost and produced, not whether you will be approved.
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