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Registered-nurse (RN) programs in North Carolina on the federal training list, by published cost
72 programs in North Carolina’s Training Provider Results index carry one of the occupation codes for Registered nurse (RN) (29-1141). Published costs run from $607 to $85,230; 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 | $607 | WCE - Nurse Aide I | Wake Technical Community College | 4 wk · 40 hrs | 836 | 70% | 72% | $6,211 |
| 2 | $677 | Certified Nurse Aide II | Johnston Community College | 15 wk · 12 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | $1,325 | RN Refresher Program | NC AHEC RN Refresher Program | 52 wk · 46 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | $2,500 | Associate Degree Nursing (Non-Integrated) | Piedmont Community College | 259 wk · 50 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | $4,431 | LPN-RN - Associate Degree Nursing Bridge Program | Catawba Valley Community College | 32 wk · 24 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | $4,906 | General Occupational Technology Diploma (D55280) | Catawba Valley Community College | 64 wk · 12 hrs | 1,517 | — | 84% | $10,004 |
| 7 | $5,168 | Associate Degree Nursing (Non-Integrated) | Haywood Community College | 80 wk · 40 hrs | 18 | 100% | 100% | $15,700 |
| 8 | $5,168 | Associate in Applied Science Degree - Nursing | Tri-County Community College | 80 wk · 14 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | $5,366 | Bachelor of Science in Nursing | UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT WILMINGTON | 128 wk · 15 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | $5,390 | Nursing, Generic Four Year Track, BS | Fayetteville State University | 132 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | $5,414 | Associate Degree Nursing: LPN to ADN Option | Rockingham Community College | 40 wk · 15 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | $5,624 | Nursing - Associate in Applied Science Degree | Sandhills Community College | 80 wk · 15 hrs | 396 | 30% | 90% | $20,061 |
| 13 | $5,980 | Bachelor of Science in Nursing | UNC Charlotte | 108 wk · 8 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 14 | $6,080 | Associate Degree Nursing (Non-Integrated) | Tri-County Community College | 80 wk · 12 hrs | 10 | 80% | 100% | $15,452 |
| 15 | $6,188 | Associates Degree Nursing (ADN) | Brunswick Community College | 72 wk · 40 hrs | 301 | 19% | 93% | $19,525 |
| 16 | $6,258 | Associate Degree Nursing | Forsyth Technical Community College | 100 wk · 30 hrs | 969 | 26% | 91% | $22,119 |
| 17 | $6,466 | Associate Degree Nursing, LPN to RN Advanced Placement Option | CENTRAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY COLLEGE | 74 wk · 20 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | $6,500 | Nursing AAS | Vance-Granville Community College | 80 wk · 14 hrs | 55 | 82% | 87% | $17,737 |
| 19 | $6,604 | Associate Degree Nursing | CENTRAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY COLLEGE | 75 wk · 12 hrs | 192 | 14% | 86% | — |
| 20 | $6,789 | Associate Degree Nursing | Sampson Community College | 80 wk · 14 hrs | 320 | 23% | 86% | $22,589 |
| 21 | $6,826 | PN to ADN Transition Bridge | Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute | 78 wk · 25 hrs | 48 | — | 79% | $3,850 |
| 22 | $7,072 | Nursing | Johnston Community College | 80 wk · 15 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | $7,500 | Associate Degree Nursing - ADN | Surry Community College | 80 wk · 12 hrs | 10 | 70% | 90% | $14,433 |
| 24 | $7,506 | Associate Degree Nursing | College of the Albemarle | 64 wk · 31 hrs | 54 | 48% | 88% | $12,597 |
| 25 | $7,548 | LPN Advanced Placement | Wake Technical Community College | 42 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 26 | $7,702 | Associate Nursing AAS Degree | ASHEVILLE-BUNCOMBE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE | 104 wk · 40 hrs | 716 | 26% | 91% | $20,127 |
| 27 | $7,857 | Associate Degree Nursing | Johnston Community College | 80 wk · 13 hrs | 288 | 24% | 87% | $20,867 |
| 28 | $7,881 | Nursing, Assoc. Applied Science (AAS) | Southeastern Community College | 80 wk · 14 hrs | 74 | 51% | 94% | $11,496 |
| 29 | $7,884 | Associate Degree Nursing | MAYLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE | 64 wk · 20 hrs | 29 | 45% | 90% | $12,622 |
| 30 | $8,039 | Associates Degree in Nursing | Montgomery Community College | 80 wk · 14 hrs | 13 | 62% | 91% | $19,381 |
| 31 | $8,087 | Associate Degree Nursing (A45100) AA/AS | Craven Community College | 72 wk · 12 hrs | 8 | 88% | 86% | $7,967 |
| 32 | $8,166 | Associate Degree Nursing | Edgecombe Community College | 74 wk · 20 hrs | 217 | 21% | 89% | $21,074 |
| 33 | $8,182 | Associate Degree Nursing (A45110) | FAYETTEVILLE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE | 80 wk · 14 hrs | 956 | 25% | 76% | $24,750 |
| 34 | $8,276 | Associate Degree Nursing (Non-Integrated) AA/AS | Coastal Carolina Community College | 76 wk · 27 hrs | 14 | 79% | 85% | $15,916 |
| 35 | $8,276 | Associate Degree Nursing AA/AS | Lenoir Community College | 72 wk · 14 hrs | 235 | 26% | 88% | $20,981 |
| 36 | $8,278 | Nursing A. A. S | Mitchell Community College | 64 wk · 50 hrs | 325 | 34% | 91% | — |
| 37 | $8,372 | LPN to RN | Cape Fear Community College | 32 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 38 | $8,866 | Associate of Applied Science - Nursing | Haywood Community College | 84 wk · 27 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 39 | $8,868 | Associate Degree Nursing AA/AS | Carteret Community College | 76 wk · 14 hrs | 254 | 13% | 79% | $21,932 |
| 40 | $9,204 | Associate Degree Nursing | Wilkes Community College | 80 wk · 25 hrs | 13 | 54% | 80% | $13,775 |
| 41 | $9,283 | Associate Degree Nursing (Integrated) | Alamance Community College | 80 wk · 14 hrs | 42 | 88% | 95% | $18,317 |
| 42 | $9,695 | Nursing-Registered, LPN to RN, AAS (A45110PN) | Gaston College | 42 wk · 27 hrs | 354 | 53% | 87% | $17,660 |
| 43 | $9,740 | Associates Degree-Nursing (RN) | Nash Community College | 78 wk · 25 hrs | 248 | 23% | 93% | — |
| 44 | $9,834 | Associate Degree Nursing | Durham Technical Community College | 80 wk · 16 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 45 | $9,844 | LPN/ADN Option | College of the Albemarle | 64 wk · 29 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 46 | $9,928 | Associate Degree Nursing (Non-Integrated) | Robeson Community College | 16 wk · 33 hrs | 80 | 54% | 85% | $13,498 |
| 47 | $10,137 | Associate Degree Nursing (Integrated) - A45110 | Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute | 104 wk · 40 hrs | 371 | 31% | 90% | $17,979 |
| 48 | $10,213 | Associate Degree Nursing | Bladen Community College | 30 wk · 30 hrs | 32 | 59% | 94% | $16,564 |
| 49 | $10,500 | Associate Degree Nursing | Rockingham Community College | 72 wk · 23 hrs | 239 | 35% | 91% | $18,915 |
| 50 | $10,508 | Nursing - Includes ADN | Cape Fear Community College | 74 wk · 24 hrs | 32 | 84% | 97% | $9,000 |
| 51 | $10,555 | Associate Degree Nursing - A45110 AA/AS | WAYNE COMMUNITY COLLEGE | 76 wk · 15 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 52 | $10,657 | Associate Degree Nursing - A45110 | Catawba Valley Community College | 64 wk · 24 hrs | 347 | 45% | 93% | $17,793 |
| 53 | $10,828 | Associate Degree Nursing | PITT COMMUNITY COLLEGE | 64 wk · 50 hrs | 585 | 31% | 84% | $18,311 |
| 54 | $10,958 | Associate Degree Nursing, AAS, Registered Nursing (A45110) | Cleveland Community College | 74 wk · 31 hrs | 314 | 13% | 93% | — |
| 55 | $10,981 | Associate Degree Nursing - A45110 | Stanly Community College | 75 wk · 14 hrs | 207 | 18% | 92% | $18,245 |
| 56 | $11,231 | Associate Degree Nursing | Richmond Community College | 120 wk · 40 hrs | 282 | 18% | 88% | $18,797 |
| 57 | $11,231 | Assoc. Degree in Nursing | Richmond Community College | 67 wk · 40 hrs | 308 | 25% | 89% | $16,938 |
| 58 | $11,301 | Associate Degree Nursing AA/AS | James Sprunt Community College | 46 wk · 32 hrs | 133 | 32% | 90% | $17,571 |
| 59 | $11,446 | Associate Degree Nursing - A45110 | Western Piedmont Community College | 72 wk · 28 hrs | 200 | 30% | 90% | $16,520 |
| 60 | $11,624 | Nursing, Associate Degree- A45110 | McDowell Technical Community College | 80 wk · 27 hrs | 159 | 20% | 93% | $22,873 |
| 61 | $11,850 | Registered Nurse to Bachelor of Science in Nursing (RN-BSN) | Gardner-Webb University | 15 wk · 18 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 62 | $12,200 | Associate Degree Nursing (A45110) | Isothermal Community College | 80 wk · 14 hrs | 270 | 20% | 90% | — |
| 63 | $12,442 | Associate in Arts, Nursing | Southwestern Community College | 72 wk · 14 hrs | 11 | 100% | 100% | $16,274 |
| 64 | $13,250 | Associate Nursing Degree | Blue Ridge Community College | 80 wk · 16 hrs | 300 | 20% | 85% | $19,108 |
| 65 | $14,000 | Associates Degree Nursing (AAS) | Wake Technical Community College | 74 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 66 | $14,576 | Associate Degree Nursing (Integrated) | Randolph Community College | 72 wk · 40 hrs | 23 | 61% | 100% | $12,275 |
| 67 | $14,876 | Associates in Nursing | South Piedmont Community College | 64 wk · 8 hrs | 370 | 16% | 93% | — |
| 68 | $16,031 | Nursing-Registered Nursing, AAS (A45110RN) | Gaston College | 74 wk · 38 hrs | 352 | 52% | 88% | $17,548 |
| 69 | $22,592 | Prelicensure BSN Program | University of North Carolina at Pembroke | 128 wk · 15 hrs | 13 | 100% | 100% | $12,110 |
| 70 | $41,390 | Associate Degree in Nursing Program, LPN/LVN to ADN Bridge Option | Galen College of Nursing | 72 wk · 18 hrs | 60 | 37% | 70% | $14,869 |
| 71 | $55,645 | Associate Degree in Nursing Program, Two-year Option | Galen College of Nursing | 96 wk · 20 hrs | 132 | 17% | 65% | $7,215 |
| 72 | $85,230 | Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing Program, Prelicensure Option | Galen College of Nursing | 144 wk · 18 hrs | 35 | — | 78% | $7,748 |
Source and date: U.S. Department of Labor, Training Provider Results — the open program index behind trainingproviderresults.gov, snapshot taken 2026-09-02 (2,616 programs for North Carolina 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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