Washington Saratoga Warren Hamilton Essex BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Practical Nursing (Certificate): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Certificate in Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants
- Public school
- Hudson Falls, NY
- About 42 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Washington Saratoga Warren Hamilton Essex BOCES-Practical Nursing Program practical nursing graduates earn about what practical nursing graduates earn nationally, $45,996 in their first year. The typical graduate leaves with $16,668 in federal loans, close to the national median of $14,730. Several New York programs report higher pay.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The New York and national columns are the medians across all practical nursing certificate programs that report the figure.
Five years out, Washington Saratoga Warren Hamilton Essex BOCES-Practical Nursing Program graduates earn less than the national figure and about $2,554 less than the New York median.
Debt and first-year pay at every New York practical nursing program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the New York medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
What graduates earn over time
Pay is about the same in the first and fifth year. Licensed practical and vocational nurses in New York earn a median of $67,180 across all experience levels, which shows how much room there is to grow after the first few years.
Year 1 and year 5 figures come from different graduating classes, so the growth rate is an estimate. BLS figures cover licensed practical and vocational nurses at every experience level.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $177 a month, or 4.6% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
85% of graduates (29 of 34) were working in New York one year after graduating. Prices in the Glens Falls area are about 5% below the national average, so a $45,996 salary here buys what about $48,485 buys in a typical US city.
The median New York LPN or LVN earns $67,180, compared with a national median of $64,400. After adjusting for New York prices, that pay is worth about $62,249, which puts New York slightly behind.
Careers this field leads to
These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to practical nursing, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
Nursing Assistants
$48,590Median pay in New York. 87,990 people work in this job in New York. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 3% from 2025 to 2035, with about 196,200 openings a year. Typical education to start: postsecondary nondegree award.
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
$67,180Median pay in New York. 39,400 people work in this job in New York. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 3% from 2025 to 2035, with about 51,800 openings a year. Typical education to start: postsecondary nondegree award.
About Washington Saratoga Warren Hamilton Essex BOCES-Practical Nursing Program
Practical Nursing is the only certificate program at Washington Saratoga Warren Hamilton Essex BOCES-Practical Nursing Program that reports first-year earnings.
Other practical nursing certificate programs near Hudson Falls
Common questions
The median graduate earns $45,996 one year after graduating and $45,768 five years after. Licensed practical and vocational nurses in the Glens Falls metro area earn a median of $62,120 across all experience levels.
The median federal loan balance is $16,668, which ranks 25th lowest of 31 practical nursing certificate programs in New York. That works out to about $177 a month over 10 years.
It depends on your other options. Debt equals 36% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 34%. Compare the cost with other New York programs before deciding.
Most do. 85% (29 of 34) were working in New York one year after graduating.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid (grants or loans).
- Earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school. Graduates who went straight to further study are not included.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of New York comparisons when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.
- School-level numbers like tuition, admission rate, and graduation rate are for the whole school, not the practical nursing program.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
- NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024