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LPN / LVN programs in Louisiana on the federal training list, by published cost
30 programs in Louisiana’s Training Provider Results index carry one of the occupation codes for LPN / LVN (29-2061). Published costs run from $1,074 to $34,277; 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 | $1,074 | Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) | Community Helpers Healthcare Career Center | 3 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | $1,355 | Patient Care Technician/Nurse Aide Training/Community Health Services | Advance Nursing Training-Bogalusa | 5 wk · 26 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | $11,990 | Practical Nursing | Northshore Technical Community College | 64 wk · 40 hrs | 16 | 75% | 88% | $9,829 |
| 4 | $12,096 | Practical Nursing (LPN Program) | Delgado Community College | 70 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | $12,329 | Practical Nursing - Technical Diploma | Bossier Parish Community College | 64 wk · 36 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | $12,605 | Practical Nursing | Central Louisiana Technical Community College | 72 wk · 38 hrs | 174 | 87% | 95% | $11,450 |
| 7 | $13,002 | Practical Nursing TD | Nunez Community College | 64 wk · 40 hrs | 17 | 94% | 89% | $10,451 |
| 8 | $13,717 | Practical Nursing Diploma | Fletcher Technical Community College | 60 wk · 10 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | $13,950 | Practical Nursing | Louisiana Delta Community College | 68 wk · 39 hrs | 67 | 76% | 91% | $10,338 |
| 10 | $14,274 | Licensed Practical Nurse Day Program | Louisiana State University at Shreveport | 52 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | $14,671 | Practical Nursing | Northwest Louisiana Technical College | 64 wk · 40 hrs | 60 | 72% | 87% | $10,688 |
| 12 | $15,150 | Licensed Practicing Nurse | Southern University at Shreveport | 60 wk · 12 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | $15,692 | Licensed Practical Nurse Day Program | Louisiana State University at Shreveport - Cont. Ed | 54 wk · 50 hrs | 21 | 62% | 87% | $10,068 |
| 14 | $16,144 | Registered Nursing | South Louisiana Community College | 80 wk · 20 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | $16,200 | AAS Practical Nursing | Bossier Parish Community College | 78 wk · 21 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 16 | $16,975 | Practical Nursing | Baton Rouge Community College- Mid City Campus | 104 wk · 50 hrs | 9 | — | 88% | $8,458 |
| 17 | $17,905 | Practical Nursing | Petra College | 54 wk · 30 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | $18,048 | Associate of Applied Science in Practical Nursing | Northwest Louisiana Technical College | 80 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | $18,408 | Practical Nursing | SOWELA Technical Community College | 72 wk · 40 hrs | 12 | 58% | 93% | $7,297 |
| 20 | $20,218 | Practical Nursing | River Parishes Community College | 60 wk · 40 hrs | 18 | 100% | 89% | $10,581 |
| 21 | $20,780 | Practical Nursing | Holmes Healthcare Training Center | 70 wk · 32 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | $25,400 | Practical Nursing | Advance Nursing Training LLC | 56 wk · 35 hrs | 29 | 93% | 96% | $12,734 |
| 23 | $28,660 | Practical Nursing | Williams Technical College | 47 wk · 32 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 24 | $30,991 | Licensed Practical Nursing | Blue Cliff College - New Orleans | 60 wk · 30 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | $32,105 | Practical Nursing | Healthcare Training Institute LLC | 72 wk · 40 hrs | 20 | 55% | 76% | $11,760 |
| 26 | $32,448 | Practical Nursing | Delta College, Inc - Covington | 60 wk · 32 hrs | 32 | 84% | 91% | $13,012 |
| 27 | $32,448 | License Pratical Nurse | Delta College, Inc - Slidell | 60 wk · 32 hrs | 30 | 87% | 94% | $13,660 |
| 28 | $33,084 | Practical Nursing | Delta College of Arts & Technology - Baton Rouge Campus | 60 wk · 30 hrs | 40 | 78% | 92% | $11,986 |
| 29 | $33,256 | LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE | Delta College of Arts & Tech-Lafayette | 60 wk · 30 hrs | 10 | 50% | 87% | $10,941 |
| 30 | $34,277 | Practical Nurse | Compass Career College | 65 wk · 25 hrs | 21 | 43% | 96% | $7,057 |
Source and date: U.S. Department of Labor, Training Provider Results — the open program index behind trainingproviderresults.gov, snapshot taken 2026-09-02 (1,633 programs for Louisiana 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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This page sorts LPN / LVN programs in Louisiana by the cost their providers published. The Retraining ROI report takes one target occupation and one state, ranks every listed program by the employment its completers reported, and — if you give your current pay — prints a payback estimate per program with its basis. Built on order from the same federal record; free sample on that page.
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