Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants programs in Kentucky
28 schools in Kentucky teach this, at certificate or associate level. 14 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $38,092 at ATA College.
What this work pays in Kentucky
Nursing Assistants in Kentucky earn a median of $38,370 a year across 23,410 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.
| Also leads to | Median | Jobs in Kentucky |
|---|---|---|
| Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses | $60,460 | 8,570 |
Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.
Schools
| School | Credential | Median debt | Graduate earnings, 2 yrs | Graduates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATA College Louisville | Associate's degree | $24,959 | $38,092 (63 grads) | 33 |
| Bluegrass Community and Technical College Lexington | Undergraduate certificate | $6,879 | $37,928 (45 grads) | 571 |
| Jefferson Community and Technical College Louisville | Undergraduate certificate | $7,961 | $37,568 (20 grads) | 282 |
| Galen College of Nursing-Louisville Louisville | Undergraduate certificate | $15,800 | $37,388 (270 grads) | 80 |
| Galen Health Institutes-Pikeville Pikeville | Undergraduate certificate | $15,800 | $37,388 (270 grads) | — |
| Sullivan University Louisville | Undergraduate certificate | $19,000 | $37,208 (30 grads) | 33 |
| West Kentucky Community and Technical College Paducah | Undergraduate certificate | $6,025 | $36,134 (16 grads) | 338 |
| Beckfield College-Florence Florence | Undergraduate certificate | $13,723 | $35,701 (62 grads) | 48 |
| Ashland Community and Technical College Ashland | Undergraduate certificate | $6,732 | $35,594 (14 grads) | 295 |
| ATA College Louisville | Undergraduate certificate | $22,917 | $34,230 (50 grads) | — |
| Somerset Community College Somerset | Undergraduate certificate | $8,069 | $33,459 (15 grads) | 212 |
| Maysville Community and Technical College Maysville | Undergraduate certificate | $10,290 | $32,925 (21 grads) | 211 |
| Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College Bowling Green | Undergraduate certificate | $6,897 | $27,439 (14 grads) | 185 |
| Elizabethtown Community and Technical College Elizabethtown | Undergraduate certificate | $4,093 | $27,048 (17 grads) | 100 |
| Big Sandy Community and Technical College Prestonsburg | Undergraduate certificate | $8,025 | not published | 88 |
| Gateway Community and Technical College Florence | Undergraduate certificate | $5,500 | not published | 363 |
| Hazard Community and Technical College Hazard | Undergraduate certificate | $7,000 | not published | 231 |
| Hopkinsville Community College Hopkinsville | Undergraduate certificate | $5,625 | not published | 80 |
| Madisonville Community College Madisonville | Undergraduate certificate | $5,750 | not published | 178 |
| Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College Cumberland | Undergraduate certificate | $4,500 | not published | 108 |
| Campbellsville University Campbellsville | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 1 |
| Henderson Community College Henderson | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 84 |
| Madisonville Community College Madisonville | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
| MedQuest College Louisville | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 117 |
| Medical Career & Technical College Richmond | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Owensboro Community and Technical College Owensboro | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 196 |
| Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College Cumberland | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
| Union Commonwealth University Barbourville | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
A dash under earnings or debt means the U.S. Department of Education has not published a figure for that program — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates, which covers about four of every five programs. It never means zero, and it says nothing about whether the program is any good. Where a figure is shown, the number of graduates behind it is shown with it.
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The U.S. Department of Education publishes new cost, debt and earnings figures once a year, and every number on this page changes at once. One email when that happens for Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants — nothing else, and nothing in between.
Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.