LPN programs in Detroit
11 LPN programs with costs, results and funding that can make them free
11 schools offer these practical nursing programs with classes in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn area, and every one is approved for workforce funding. Each shows its price if you pay yourself and how past students did.
Licensed practical and vocational nurses (LPNs and LVNs) give basic medical care to patients who are ill, injured or recovering. Most finish a state-approved certificate or diploma program that takes about a year, then pass an exam to become licensed.1 In Detroit, 1 of the 11 programs take students without a high school diploma, and 2 are taught partly or fully online.
See the 11 programsAll 22 LPN programs in Michigan, including online programs
How much do LPN programs cost in Detroit?
$17,946 to $32,160
is what most programs cost if you pay yourself
All 11 programs with a price: $6,982 to $32,160
- Finished the program
- 68%
- Working 6 months later
- 88%
- Earned a year, estimated
- about $40,700
- Length
- 47 to 48 weeks
Source: US Department of Labor, program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025). Only programs approved for workforce funding are listed; other schools in Detroit may also offer LPN programs. How these figures are made
All 11 LPN programs in Detroit approved for funding
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11 programs
Practical Nursing
Hondros College of Nursing, Bingham Farms
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$19,954Program website, Practical Nursing at Hondros College of NursingMore details about Practical Nursing at Hondros College of Nursing
- Finished
- 39%
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 46 weeks, 15 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $3,366
- Students counted
- 600
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $19,954
Practical Nurse
Dorsey College, Madison Heights
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$41,800Price if you pay yourself$32,160Program website, Practical Nurse at Dorsey CollegeMore details about Practical Nurse at Dorsey College
- Finished
- 67%
- Working at 6 months
- 86%
- Earned in a quarter
- $10,448
- Length
- 48 weeks, 23 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 286
- a year, estimated
- $41,800
- price
- $32,160
Practical Nursing Education
Wayne County Community College District, Detroit
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$40,700Price if you pay yourself$6,982Program website, Practical Nursing Education at Wayne County Community College DistrictMore details about Practical Nursing Education at Wayne County Community College District
- Finished
- 35%
- Working at 6 months
- 76%
- Earned in a quarter
- $10,170
- Length
- 40 weeks, 15 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $2,190
- Students counted
- 243
- a year, estimated
- $40,700
- price
- $6,982
Practical Nurse
Dorsey College, Roseville
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$40,200Price if you pay yourself$32,160Program website, Practical Nurse at Dorsey CollegeMore details about Practical Nurse at Dorsey College
- Finished
- 72%
- Working at 6 months
- 88%
- Earned in a quarter
- $10,047
- Length
- 48 weeks, 23 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 198
- a year, estimated
- $40,200
- price
- $32,160
Practical Nurse
Abcott Institute, Southfield
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$58,000Price if you pay yourself$30,050Program website, Practical Nurse at Abcott InstituteMore details about Practical Nurse at Abcott Institute
- Finished
- 58%
- Working at 6 months
- 92%
- Earned in a quarter
- $14,494
- Length
- 48 weeks, 20 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 169
- a year, estimated
- $58,000
- price
- $30,050
Practical Nurse
Detroit Business Institute - Downriver, Riverview
Education and courses
Earned a year, estimated$40,400Price if you pay yourself$30,095Program website, Practical Nurse at Detroit Business Institute - DownriverMore details about Practical Nurse at Detroit Business Institute - Downriver
- Finished
- 97%
- Working at 6 months
- 98%
- Earned in a quarter
- $10,093
- Length
- 45 weeks, 25 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 161
- a year, estimated
- $40,400
- price
- $30,095
Practical Nurse
Dorsey College, Wayne
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$38,500Price if you pay yourself$32,160Program website, Practical Nurse at Dorsey CollegeMore details about Practical Nurse at Dorsey College
- Finished
- 74%
- Working at 6 months
- 84%
- Earned in a quarter
- $9,613
- Length
- 48 weeks, 23 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 158
- a year, estimated
- $38,500
- price
- $32,160
Practical Nursing
Schoolcraft College, Livonia
Prerequisite courses
Earned a year, estimated$44,700Price if you pay yourself$10,458Program website, Practical Nursing at Schoolcraft CollegeMore details about Practical Nursing at Schoolcraft College
- Finished
- 70%
- Working at 6 months
- 70%
- Earned in a quarter
- $11,183
- Length
- 52 weeks, 13 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $616
- Students counted
- 87
- a year, estimated
- $44,700
- price
- $10,458
Practical Nurse
Dorsey College, Woodhaven
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$28,800Price if you pay yourself$32,160Program website, Practical Nurse at Dorsey CollegeMore details about Practical Nurse at Dorsey College
- Finished
- 70%
- Working at 6 months
- 91%
- Earned in a quarter
- $7,196
- Length
- 48 weeks, 23 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 75
- a year, estimated
- $28,800
- price
- $32,160
Practical Nursing
St. Clair County Community College, Port Huron
No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimated$55,900Price if you pay yourself$15,938Program website, Practical Nursing at St. Clair County Community CollegeMore details about Practical Nursing at St. Clair County Community College
- Finished
- 51%
- Working at 6 months
- 90%
- Earned in a quarter
- $13,980
- Length
- 48 weeks, 28 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $3,344
- Students counted
- 67
- a year, estimated
- $55,900
- price
- $15,938
Practical Nurse
Serenity Health Training Institute, Southfield
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$27,224Program website, Practical Nurse at Serenity Health Training InstituteMore details about Practical Nurse at Serenity Health Training Institute
- Finished
- Not reported
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 52 weeks, 20 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- Not reported
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $27,224
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How to pay for LPN programs in Detroit
Workforce funding can pay for LPN programs in Detroit
Every program on this page is approved for public workforce funding, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. It can pay for training for eligible adults, people who lost their job and young people.2People on public assistance, with a low income or lacking basic skills come first, and veterans have priority.3
Ask at an American Job Center
Eligibility rules apply, and services vary from state to state. Your local American Job Center can tell you whether you qualify. The Department of Labor's page links to the center finder, or call 1-877-US-2JOBS (1-877-872-5627).4
Financial aid and grants for LPN programs
Most students can get federal student aid for college, career school or trade school. A Federal Pell Grant, unlike a loan, usually doesn't have to be repaid. Ask the school whether its program qualifies.56
GI Bill for LPN programs
Veterans, service members and qualified dependents can use GI Bill benefits for non-college training programs.7
The program list does not show which programs accept these. Ask the school.
Where the Detroit practical nursing program numbers come from
Which Detroit practical nursing programs are on this list?
These are the practical nursing programs with classes in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn area that are approved for public workforce funding (the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act), as reported to the US Department of Labor for program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025). The list covers programs approved as of June 30, 2025. Online programs are left out here; they are on the Michigan page. Schools that never applied for approval are missing, so this is a part of what the area offers.
How Detroit practical nursing program prices are reported
The price is tuition and required fees for someone paying without workforce funding, as the school reported it. Prices under $100 are treated as not reported, because the file holds many blanks entered as $0. Check the current price with the school.
What the graduate results of these programs measure
The figures at the top of this page are the middle program among those that report results: half did better, half did worse. Results describe students who left each program in recent years: the share who finished, the share working in the second quarter after leaving, and the middle earnings of those working in that quarter. States report earnings for that one quarter because they take them from the wage reports employers file every three months. The yearly figure here is that quarter times four, rounded to the nearest $100: an estimate, and an early one, since it is measured about half a year after training. The quarter as reported is under "More details" on each program. Results are withheld for small programs, and they describe past students, so they are no guarantee.
Why do some practical nursing programs say "Not reported"?
Where a school or the state left a field empty, or the Department of Labor withheld it, the page says "Not reported". Nothing here is estimated to fill a gap.
Why the kind of school is left off each program
The file also records whether a school is public, private or nonprofit, but those entries are wrong too often to print next to a school's name, so this page leaves them out.
Sources for the facts about LPN programs in Detroit
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- US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook: Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
- US Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov: About This Site
- US Department of Labor: WIOA Adult Program
- US Department of Labor: American Job Centers
- US Department of Education, Federal Student Aid: Eligibility for Federal Student Aid
- US Department of Education, Federal Student Aid: Don't Miss Out on Federal Pell Grants
- US Department of Veterans Affairs: GI Bill benefits for non-college degree programs