Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants programs in New York
56 schools in New York teach this, at certificate or associate level. 31 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $50,606 at Western Suffolk BOCES.
What this work pays in New York
Nursing Assistants in New York earn a median of $48,590 a year across 87,990 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 New York |
|---|---|---|
| Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses | $67,180 | 39,400 |
Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.
Schools
| School | Credential | Median debt | Graduate earnings, 2 yrs | Graduates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Suffolk BOCES Northport | Undergraduate certificate | $9,859 | $50,606 (28 grads) | 26 |
| CUNY Hostos Community College Bronx | Undergraduate certificate | — | $48,849 (12 grads) | 14 |
| Veeb Nassau County School of Practical Nursing Hicksville | Undergraduate certificate | $9,500 | $46,407 (89 grads) | 212 |
| Eastern Suffolk BOCES Sayville | Undergraduate certificate | $9,500 | $45,902 (183 grads) | 123 |
| Suffolk County Community College Selden | Undergraduate certificate | — | $45,128 (26 grads) | 90 |
| Rockland County BOCES-Practical Nursing Program West Nyack | Undergraduate certificate | $8,571 | $43,426 (62 grads) | 29 |
| CUNY Medgar Evers College Brooklyn | Undergraduate certificate | — | $42,682 (11 grads) | 9 |
| Orange Ulster BOCES Newburgh | Undergraduate certificate | $11,880 | $42,458 (55 grads) | 47 |
| Mildred Elley School-Albany Campus Albany | Undergraduate certificate | $19,000 | $40,132 (28 grads) | 86 |
| Mildred Elley-New York Campus New York | Undergraduate certificate | $19,000 | $40,132 (28 grads) | 72 |
| Dutchess BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Poughkeepsie | Undergraduate certificate | $6,900 | $40,089 (70 grads) | 46 |
| CUNY LaGuardia Community College Long Island City | Undergraduate certificate | — | $39,009 (40 grads) | 30 |
| Isabella Graham Hart School of Practical Nursing Rochester | Undergraduate certificate | $7,667 | $38,289 (58 grads) | 171 |
| Marion S Whelan School of Nursing of Geneva General Hospital Geneva | Undergraduate certificate | — | $37,568 (11 grads) | 9 |
| Clinton Essex Warren Washington BOCES Plattsburgh | Undergraduate certificate | $7,318 | $36,848 (21 grads) | 21 |
| Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing Troy | Undergraduate certificate | — | $36,848 (13 grads) | 14 |
| Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES Liverpool | Undergraduate certificate | $9,500 | $36,650 (158 grads) | 76 |
| Erie 1 BOCES West Seneca | Undergraduate certificate | $9,500 | $35,751 (191 grads) | 137 |
| Washington Saratoga Warren Hamilton Essex BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Hudson Falls | Undergraduate certificate | $13,000 | $34,793 (41 grads) | 37 |
| Hunter Business School Levittown | Undergraduate certificate | $13,993 | $34,704 (33 grads) | 48 |
| Herkimer County BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Herkimer | Undergraduate certificate | — | $34,330 (70 grads) | 30 |
| SUNY College of Technology at Canton Canton | Undergraduate certificate | $13,359 | $33,687 (24 grads) | 15 |
| Genesee Valley BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Batavia | Undergraduate certificate | $13,000 | $33,565 (68 grads) | 70 |
| Cayuga Onondaga BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Auburn | Undergraduate certificate | $7,843 | $32,569 (15 grads) | 21 |
| Schuyler Steuben Chemung Tioga Allegany BOCES Elmira | Undergraduate certificate | $9,500 | $32,148 (111 grads) | 23 |
| Jefferson Lewis BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Watertown | Undergraduate certificate | $7,500 | $31,976 (83 grads) | 20 |
| Center for Instruction, Technology & Innovation Mexico | Undergraduate certificate | $9,500 | $31,495 (44 grads) | 18 |
| Orleans Niagara BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Lockport | Undergraduate certificate | $12,568 | $31,423 (25 grads) | 9 |
| Delaware Chenango Madison Otsego BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Norwich | Undergraduate certificate | — | $31,133 (13 grads) | 10 |
| Madison Oneida BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Verona | Undergraduate certificate | $9,500 | $30,119 (39 grads) | 39 |
| Erie 2 Chautauqua Cattaraugus BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Angola | Undergraduate certificate | — | $25,774 (21 grads) | 19 |
| AMG School of Nursing Brooklyn | Undergraduate certificate | $14,167 | not published | 161 |
| Albany BOCES-Adult Practical Nursing Program Albany | Undergraduate certificate | $10,275 | not published | 116 |
| Broome Delaware Tioga BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Endicott | Undergraduate certificate | $9,500 | not published | 36 |
| Bryant & Stratton College-Buffalo Buffalo | Undergraduate certificate | $16,500 | not published | — |
| Cattaraugus Allegany BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Olean | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Maria College of Albany Albany | Undergraduate certificate | $15,208 | not published | 10 |
| Monroe University Bronx | Undergraduate certificate | $7,875 | not published | 89 |
| New Age Training New York | Undergraduate certificate | $8,087 | not published | 192 |
| New Age Training New York | Associate's degree | $8,077 | not published | — |
| North Country Community College Saranac Lake | Undergraduate certificate | $9,500 | not published | 30 |
| Otsego Area BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Oneonta | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 26 |
| Transitions Career Institute School of Nursing College Point | Undergraduate certificate | $9,500 | not published | 65 |
| Access Careers Hempstead | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 331 |
| Access Careers-Islandia Islandia | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 242 |
| Austin Medical Assistant Training Forest Hills | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College New York | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| CUNY Bronx Community College Bronx | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Erie 1 BOCES West Seneca | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
| Erie 2 Chautauqua Cattaraugus BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Angola | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
| Niagara County Community College Sanborn | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| North Country Community College Saranac Lake | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
| SUNY Westchester Community College Valhalla | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| SUNY Westchester Community College Valhalla | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing Troy | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
| Trocaire College Buffalo | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 13 |
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.