Which New York practical nursing program has the lowest debt?

New Age Training reports the lowest median federal debt, $8,127, with first-year pay of $22,308.

How much do practical nursing graduates earn in New York?

The median across 33 New York practical nursing certificate programs is $45,021 in the first year after graduating and $48,322 five years after. Licensed practical and vocational nurses in New York earn a median of $67,180 across all experience levels.

How many practical nursing certificate programs are in New York?

33 New York programs report first-year pay for their graduates, and 31 of them also report federal debt.

Practical Nursing (Certificate) Programs in New York, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

33 programs report first-year pay
31 also report federal debt
Certificate in Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants

College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025

The short answer

The median New York practical nursing certificate program pays its graduates $45,021 in their first year, $1,043 more than the national median. Transitions Career Institute School of Nursing reports the highest first-year pay ($65,992), and New Age Training the lowest median debt ($8,127).

Median first-year pay$45,021National $43,978

Median pay after 5 years$48,322National $49,702

Median federal debt$13,942National $14,730

Debt-to-earnings32%National 34%

All 33 programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	School	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Debt to pay
1	Transitions Career Institute School of NursingCollege Point · private for-profit	$65,992	Not reported	$11,750	18%
2	AMG School of NursingBrooklyn · private for-profit	$64,878	Not reported	$14,167	22%
3	Rockland County BOCES-Practical Nursing ProgramWest Nyack · public	$60,114	$66,459	$11,600	19%
4	LaGuardia Community CollegeLong Island City · public	$56,230	$68,475	$12,256	22%
5	Veeb Nassau County School of Practical NursingHicksville · public	$56,142	$56,890	$12,406	22%
6	Mildred Elley School-Albany CampusAlbany · private for-profit	$55,424	$54,522	$24,459	44%
7	Western Suffolk BOCESNorthport · public	$55,150	$52,869	$14,750	27%
8	Hunter Business SchoolLevittown · private for-profit	$53,614	$55,881	$17,166	32%
9	Eastern Suffolk BOCESSayville · public	$53,547	$57,200	$9,500	18%
10	Delaware Chenango Madison Otsego BOCES-Practical Nursing ProgramNorwich · public	$50,012	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
11	Dutchess BOCES-Practical Nursing ProgramPoughkeepsie · public	$49,012	$52,761	$9,859	20%
12	Orange Ulster BOCESNewburgh · public	$46,632	$48,322	$13,905	30%
13	Orleans Niagara BOCES-Practical Nursing ProgramLockport · public	$45,996	$42,412	$14,456	31%
13	Washington Saratoga Warren Hamilton Essex BOCES-Practical Nursing ProgramHudson Falls · public	$45,996	$45,768	$16,668	36%
15	North Country Community CollegeSaranac Lake · public	$45,808	Not reported	$16,000	35%
16	Bryant & Stratton College-BuffaloBuffalo · private nonprofit	$45,098	Not reported	$25,967	58%
17	Erie 1 BOCESWest Seneca · public	$45,021	$45,824	$13,700	30%
18	Center for Instruction Technology & InnovationMexico · public	$44,986	$40,256	$18,235	41%
19	Genesee Valley BOCES-Practical Nursing ProgramBatavia · public	$43,008	$51,231	$16,634	39%
20	Broome Delaware Tioga BOCES-Practical Nursing ProgramEndicott · public	$42,384	Not reported	$14,862	35%
21	Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCESLiverpool · public	$42,279	$49,455	$14,093	33%
22	Jefferson Lewis BOCES-Practical Nursing ProgramWatertown · public	$41,958	$42,906	$11,879	28%
23	Madison Oneida BOCES-Practical Nursing ProgramVerona · public	$41,383	$45,286	$12,251	30%
24	Albany BOCES-Adult Practical Nursing ProgramAlbany · public	$40,828	$47,499	$13,617	33%
25	Schuyler Steuben Chemung Tioga Allegany BOCESElmira · public	$40,826	$40,835	$12,784	31%
26	Isabella Graham Hart School of Practical NursingRochester · private nonprofit	$40,256	$42,175	$18,794	47%
27	SUNY College of Technology at CantonCanton · public	$40,011	$62,366	$16,547	41%
28	Maria College of AlbanyAlbany · private nonprofit	$39,505	Not reported	$19,750	50%
29	Cayuga Onondaga BOCES-Practical Nursing ProgramAuburn · public	$39,004	$45,561	$13,209	34%
30	Clinton Essex Warren Washington BOCESPlattsburgh · public	$38,952	$43,167	$13,978	36%
31	Erie 2 Chautauqua Cattaraugus BOCES-Practical Nursing ProgramAngola · public	$36,807	$35,861	$11,558	31%
32	Otsego Area BOCES-Practical Nursing ProgramOneonta · public	$36,762	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
33	New Age TrainingNew York · private for-profit	$22,308	Not reported	$8,127	36%

Delaware Chenango Madison Otsego BOCES-Practical Nursing Program and Otsego Area BOCES-Practical Nursing Program report pay but not debt, so they are ranked only by pay. One more program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.

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 the 31 programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Transitions Career Institute School of Nursing$65,992
AMG School of Nursing$64,878
Rockland County BOCES-Practical Nursing Program$60,114
LaGuardia Community College$56,230
Veeb Nassau County School of Practical Nursing$56,142

Lowest median debt

New Age Training$8,127
Eastern Suffolk BOCES$9,500
Dutchess BOCES-Practical Nursing Program$9,859
Erie 2 Chautauqua Cattaraugus BOCES-Practical Nursing Program$11,558
Rockland County BOCES-Practical Nursing Program$11,600

Lowest debt for the pay

"Debt for the pay" is median debt divided by first-year pay. Only programs that report both figures are included.

What licensed practical and vocational nurses earn in New York

Pay for licensed practical and vocational nurses in New York, across all experience levels, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses

$67,180

Median 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.

Bottom 10%: $54,480Top 10%: $81,530

Common questions

Transitions Career Institute School of Nursing in College Point reports the highest median first-year pay, $65,992. Its median federal debt is $11,750.

Practical Nursing (Certificate) programs in the US, ranked633 programs by pay and debt

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
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 rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Medians are across the practical nursing certificate programs that report each figure, so the counts differ by figure. Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.

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
NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024