Accredited LPN programs
896 LPN programs at accredited schools, approved for WIOA funding in 44 states and territories
That is 88% of the 1,024 LPN programs that states have approved for workforce funding. The schools are on the US Department of Education's list of accredited schools. The Department doesn't accredit schools itself: it reviews accrediting agencies and lists the ones it recognizes as reliable judges of the quality of the education they accredit.1
The program itself can be accredited too: the Department's list records that for the practical nursing program at 192 of these schools.
WIOA funding doesn't require accreditation: besides colleges, a state can approve other public and private training providers.2 Funding comes through your own state's list, so pick your state below.
All LPN programs by state, accredited or not, with costs and results
Accredited LPN programs in each state
- Alabama17accredited schools, 19 programs
- Arizona6accredited schools, 6 programs
- Arkansas29accredited schools, 31 programs
- California31accredited schools, 32 programs
- Colorado3accredited schools, 4 programs
- Florida61accredited schools, 67 programs
- Georgia23accredited schools, 24 programs
- Idaho3accredited schools, 3 programs
- Illinois37accredited schools, 37 programs
- Indiana5accredited schools, 45 programs
- Iowa14accredited schools, 14 programs
- Kansas13accredited schools, 13 programs
- Kentucky22accredited schools, 22 programs
- Louisiana23accredited schools, 23 programs
- Maine2accredited schools, 2 programs
- Maryland7accredited schools, 7 programs
- Massachusetts9accredited schools, 13 programs
- Michigan20accredited schools, 20 programs
- Minnesota20accredited schools, 32 programs
- Mississippi27accredited schools, 34 programs
- Missouri42accredited schools, 48 programs
- Montana1accredited school, 2 programs
- Nebraska7accredited schools, 7 programs
- Nevada1accredited school, 1 program
- New Hampshire2accredited schools, 2 programs
- New Jersey8accredited schools, 8 programs
- New Mexico5accredited schools, 5 programs
- New York6accredited schools, 7 programs
- North Carolina33accredited schools, 34 programs
- North Dakota5accredited schools, 5 programs
- Ohio62accredited schools, 67 programs
- Oklahoma38accredited schools, 42 programs
- Oregon4accredited schools, 4 programs
- Pennsylvania23accredited schools, 27 programs
- Puerto Rico3accredited schools, 8 programs
- South Carolina3accredited schools, 3 programs
- South Dakota4accredited schools, 7 programs
- Tennessee27accredited schools, 33 programs
- Texas62accredited schools, 80 programs
- Utah10accredited schools, 10 programs
- Virginia20accredited schools, 20 programs
- Washington8accredited schools, 9 programs
- West Virginia8accredited schools, 10 programs
- Wisconsin8accredited schools, 9 programs
Schools with LPN programs that the state approved for WIOA funding and that are on the Department of Education's list. A school approved in two states counts in each.
How the accredited practical nursing schools were found
Which programs are counted?
Programs that states approved for WIOA funding, from the US Department of Labor's file for program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025).3 The two lists share no ID number, so we matched each school by its website and name in the same state, and checked every unclear case by hand. A school that only hosts a college's classes doesn't count as the college.
How current is the accreditation?
We read the Department's list of October 24, 2026 and count only current accreditation. The Department notes that agencies report this information, that it isn't audited, and that the agency itself has the latest status.1
Sources for the accreditation facts about LPN programs
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- US Department of Education, Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs (DAPIP), data files of 2026-10-24
- 20 CFR 680.410, What is an eligible training provider? (eCFR)
- US Department of Labor, Training and Employment Guidance Letter 8-19, Attachment I: Requirements for Training Providers, Program Eligibility, and the State Eligible Training Provider (ETP) List