LPN programs in Cincinnati, Ohio
10 LPN programs with costs, results and funding that can make them free
7 schools offer these practical nursing programs with classes in the Cincinnati area, and every one is approved for workforce funding: 5 by Ohio, 4 by Indiana and 1 by Kentucky. 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 Cincinnati, 4 of the 10 programs take students without a high school diploma, and 2 are taught partly or fully online.
See the 10 programsAll 75 LPN programs in Ohio, including online programs
How much do LPN programs cost in Cincinnati?
$7,367 to $18,664 is what most LPN programs in Cincinnati cost if you pay yourself
That is the middle half of the 9 programs with a price. All of them: $6,730 to $31,255
In the typical program
- Finished the program
- 70%
- Working 6 months later
- Not enough data
- Earned a year, estimated
- Not enough data
- Length
- Not reported for most programs
Source: US Department of Labor, program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025). Only programs approved for workforce funding are listed; other schools in Cincinnati may also offer LPN programs. How these figures are made
All 10 LPN programs in Cincinnati approved for WIOA funding
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Diploma Practical Nursing
ATA College Tri-County
Springdale
No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$31,255Program website, Diploma Practical Nursing at ATA College Tri-CountyMore details about Diploma Practical Nursing at ATA College Tri-County
- Finished
- 41%
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- Not reported
- Cost of supplies
- $2,647
- Students counted
- 357
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $31,255
Practical Nursing
Butler Technology and Career Development Schools
Middletown
Education and courses
Earned a year, estimated$39,100Price if you pay yourself$15,95362 students trained with WIOA funding
Program website, Practical Nursing at Butler Technology and Career Development SchoolsMore details about Practical Nursing at Butler Technology and Career Development Schools
- Finished
- 80%
- Working at 6 months
- 92%
- Earned in a quarter
- $9,769
- Length
- Not reported
- Cost of supplies
- $3,275
- Students counted
- 140
- a year, estimated
- $39,100
- price
- $15,953
- trained with WIOA funding
- 62
Licensed Practical Nurse
Brown & Clermont Adult Career Campuses
Williamsburg
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$18,664School website, Licensed Practical Nurse at Brown & Clermont Adult Career CampusesMore details about Licensed Practical Nurse at Brown & Clermont Adult Career Campuses
- Finished
- 44%
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- Not reported
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 59
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $18,664
Practical Nursing-Technical Certificate (tc)
Ivy Tech Community College
Lawrenceburg
No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimated$37,600Price if you pay yourself$6,730Program website, Practical Nursing-Technical Certificate (tc) at Ivy Tech Community CollegeMore details about Practical Nursing-Technical Certificate (tc) at Ivy Tech Community College
- Finished
- 90%
- Working at 6 months
- 89%
- Earned in a quarter
- $9,409
- Length
- 52 weeks, 15 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $2,967
- Students counted
- 21
- a year, estimated
- $37,600
- price
- $6,730
Practical Nursing-Technical Certificate (tc)
Ivy Tech Community College
Lawrenceburg
No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimated$37,300Price if you pay yourself$6,730Program website, Practical Nursing-Technical Certificate (tc) at Ivy Tech Community CollegeMore details about Practical Nursing-Technical Certificate (tc) at Ivy Tech Community College
- Finished
- 100%
- Working at 6 months
- 91%
- Earned in a quarter
- $9,317
- Length
- 52 weeks, 15 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $2,967
- Students counted
- 11
- a year, estimated
- $37,300
- price
- $6,730
Practical Nursing
Southern State Community College, OH
Mount Orab
Education and courses
Earned a year, estimated$43,100Price if you pay yourself$8,971Program website, Practical Nursing at Southern State Community College, OHMore details about Practical Nursing at Southern State Community College, OH
- Finished
- 60%
- Working at 6 months
- 100%
- Earned in a quarter
- $10,784
- Length
- Not reported
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 10
- a year, estimated
- $43,100
- price
- $8,971
Practical Nursing - Technical Certificate (tc)
Ivy Tech Community College
Lawrenceburg
Education and courses
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$7,367Program website, Practical Nursing - Technical Certificate (tc) at Ivy Tech Community CollegeMore details about Practical Nursing - Technical Certificate (tc) at Ivy Tech Community College
- Finished
- Not reported
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 52 weeks, 15 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $765
- Students counted
- Not reported
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $7,367
Practical Nursing Technical Certificate (tc)
Ivy Tech Community College
Lawrenceburg
Education and courses
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$7,367Program website, Practical Nursing Technical Certificate (tc) at Ivy Tech Community CollegeMore details about Practical Nursing Technical Certificate (tc) at Ivy Tech Community College
- Finished
- Not reported
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 52 weeks, 15 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $1,502
- Students counted
- Not reported
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $7,367
Practical Nursing
Fortis College - Cincinnati/Columbus
Cincinnati
Education and courses
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$25,366Program website, Practical Nursing at Fortis College - Cincinnati/ColumbusMore details about Practical Nursing at Fortis College - Cincinnati/Columbus
- Finished
- Not reported
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- Not reported
- Cost of supplies
- $1,632
- Students counted
- Not reported
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $25,366
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training
Beckfield College
Florence
No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourselfNot reportedProgram website, Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training at Beckfield CollegeMore details about Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training at Beckfield College
- Finished
- Not reported
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- Not reported
- Cost of supplies
- Not reported
- Students counted
- Not reported
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- Not reported
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How to pay for LPN programs in Cincinnati
WIOA funding can pay for LPN programs in Cincinnati
Every program on this page is approved for WIOA funding: public workforce funding under 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.3Your state or local area may limit how much WIOA pays and for how long. If a program costs more, a Pell Grant, a scholarship or severance pay can cover the rest.4
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).5
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.67
GI Bill for LPN programs
Veterans, service members and qualified dependents can use GI Bill benefits for non-college training programs.8
The program list does not show which programs accept these. Ask the school.
Does WIOA pay for job training? Who qualifies and how to apply
Where the Cincinnati practical nursing program numbers come from
Which Cincinnati practical nursing programs are on this list?
These are the practical nursing programs with classes in the Cincinnati area that are approved for WIOA funding (public workforce funding under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act), as reported to the US Department of Labor for program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025). Each state keeps its approved programs on an eligible training provider list (ETPL).9 The list here covers programs approved as of June 30, 2025. Online programs are left out here; they are on the Ohio page. Schools that never applied for approval are missing, so this is a part of what the area offers.
How Cincinnati practical nursing program prices are reported
The price is tuition and required fees for someone paying without workforce funding, as the school reported it. "Trained with WIOA funding" on a program counts the people whose training there WIOA paid toward through a training account in program year 2024; the file never gives counts under 3, so a program without the line may still take WIOA students. It does not say how much of the price WIOA covered. 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.
Other training in Cincinnati
Sources for the facts about LPN programs in Cincinnati
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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
- Code of Federal Regulations, title 20, part 680, sections 680.220, 680.230 and 680.310: career services before training, other grants such as Pell Grants first, and limits on Individual Training Accounts (GovInfo, 2024 edition)
- 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
- 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