Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants programs in Massachusetts
24 schools in Massachusetts teach this, at certificate or associate level. 9 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $55,547 at Mount Wachusett Community College.
What this work pays in Massachusetts
Nursing Assistants in Massachusetts earn a median of $46,680 a year across 38,130 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 Massachusetts |
|---|---|---|
| Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses | $80,220 | 13,210 |
Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.
Schools
| School | Credential | Median debt | Graduate earnings, 2 yrs | Graduates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Wachusett Community College Gardner | Undergraduate certificate | $12,134 | $55,547 (23 grads) | 0 |
| Greater Lowell Technical School Tyngsboro | Undergraduate certificate | $6,000 | $55,151 (71 grads) | 63 |
| Quincy College Quincy | Undergraduate certificate | — | $53,984 (34 grads) | 12 |
| Shawsheen Valley School of Practical Nursing Billerica | Undergraduate certificate | $7,076 | $53,984 (54 grads) | 25 |
| North Shore Community College Danvers | Undergraduate certificate | $7,250 | $49,625 (25 grads) | 32 |
| Diman Regional Technical Institute Fall River | Undergraduate certificate | $9,500 | $49,312 (66 grads) | 29 |
| Greenfield Community College Greenfield | Undergraduate certificate | $6,819 | $47,729 (27 grads) | 28 |
| Monty Tech Fitchburg | Undergraduate certificate | $9,500 | $45,383 (28 grads) | 18 |
| Southeastern Technical Institute South Easton | Undergraduate certificate | $9,500 | $44,468 (30 grads) | 37 |
| Berkshire Community College Pittsfield | Undergraduate certificate | $10,500 | not published | 12 |
| Bunker Hill Community College Boston | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 5 |
| Northern Essex Community College Haverhill | Undergraduate certificate | $11,447 | not published | 18 |
| Quinsigamond Community College Worcester | Undergraduate certificate | $14,353 | not published | 82 |
| Assabet Valley Regional Technical School Marlborough | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 33 |
| Blackstone Valley Vocational Regional School District Upton | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 19 |
| Bunker Hill Community College Boston | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
| Charles H McCann Technical School North Adams | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 15 |
| Holyoke Community College Holyoke | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 7 |
| Massachusetts Bay Community College Wellesley Hills | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 6 |
| Middlesex Community College Bedford | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Quinsigamond Community College Worcester | Associate's degree | — | not published | 9 |
| Roxbury Community College Roxbury Crossing | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Tri County Regional Vocational Technical High School Franklin | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 26 |
| Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School Bourne | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 47 |
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.