Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants programs in Texas
84 schools in Texas teach this, at certificate or associate level. 40 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $47,260 at San Jacinto Community College.
What this work pays in Texas
Nursing Assistants in Texas earn a median of $37,500 a year across 88,680 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 Texas |
|---|---|---|
| Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses | $62,240 | 57,560 |
Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.
Schools
| School | Credential | Median debt | Graduate earnings, 2 yrs | Graduates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Jacinto Community College Pasadena | Undergraduate certificate | $8,550 | $47,260 (24 grads) | 93 |
| Concorde Career College-Dallas Dallas | Undergraduate certificate | $13,000 | $47,129 (144 grads) | 19 |
| Weatherford College Weatherford | Undergraduate certificate | $9,500 | $46,478 (17 grads) | 60 |
| Houston City College Houston | Undergraduate certificate | — | $46,321 (21 grads) | 44 |
| Galveston College Galveston | Undergraduate certificate | $9,500 | $44,971 (18 grads) | 19 |
| Concorde Career College-Grand Prairie Grand Prairie | Undergraduate certificate | $17,261 | $44,774 (289 grads) | 134 |
| Texas Southmost College Brownsville | Undergraduate certificate | $5,500 | $44,091 (12 grads) | 17 |
| Austin Community College District Austin | Undergraduate certificate | $8,462 | $44,077 (43 grads) | 61 |
| Blinn College District Brenham | Undergraduate certificate | $9,500 | $42,682 (16 grads) | 45 |
| El Paso Community College El Paso | Undergraduate certificate | — | $41,342 (14 grads) | 71 |
| The College of Health Care Professions-Northwest Houston | Undergraduate certificate | — | $39,909 (42 grads) | 10 |
| St Philip's College San Antonio | Undergraduate certificate | $6,500 | $39,549 (75 grads) | 66 |
| Victoria College Victoria | Undergraduate certificate | $9,446 | $39,271 (53 grads) | 67 |
| Temple College Temple | Undergraduate certificate | $8,525 | $38,906 (54 grads) | 34 |
| Lone Star College System The Woodlands | Undergraduate certificate | $9,312 | $38,829 (26 grads) | 59 |
| Howard College Big Spring | Undergraduate certificate | $8,500 | $38,289 (13 grads) | 43 |
| Vernon College Vernon | Undergraduate certificate | $6,926 | $38,018 (44 grads) | 52 |
| Schreiner University Kerrville | Undergraduate certificate | $14,250 | $37,568 (18 grads) | 10 |
| Amarillo College Amarillo | Undergraduate certificate | $13,003 | $37,478 (47 grads) | 54 |
| Galen College of Nursing-San Antonio San Antonio | Undergraduate certificate | $15,800 | $37,388 (270 grads) | 407 |
| Galen Health Institutes-Austin Campus Round Rock | Undergraduate certificate | $15,800 | $37,388 (270 grads) | 0 |
| Galen Health Institutes-Houston Houston | Undergraduate certificate | $15,800 | $37,388 (270 grads) | — |
| North Central Texas College Gainesville | Undergraduate certificate | $9,750 | $36,852 (16 grads) | 42 |
| Lamar State College-Orange Orange | Undergraduate certificate | $12,000 | $36,668 (55 grads) | 96 |
| Frank Phillips College Borger | Undergraduate certificate | — | $36,134 (14 grads) | 29 |
| Angelina College Lufkin | Undergraduate certificate | — | $35,060 (14 grads) | 51 |
| Texarkana College Texarkana | Undergraduate certificate | $12,000 | $34,847 (15 grads) | 41 |
| South Plains College Levelland | Undergraduate certificate | $10,500 | $34,704 (14 grads) | 63 |
| Tyler Junior College Tyler | Undergraduate certificate | $12,250 | $34,467 (45 grads) | 106 |
| Kilgore College Kilgore | Undergraduate certificate | $14,174 | $33,993 (11 grads) | 60 |
| McLennan Community College Waco | Undergraduate certificate | $13,255 | $33,993 (20 grads) | 20 |
| Southwest Texas College Uvalde | Undergraduate certificate | $9,000 | $30,988 (24 grads) | 136 |
| Lamar State College-Port Arthur Port Arthur | Undergraduate certificate | — | $30,554 (19 grads) | 58 |
| Texas State Technical College Waco | Undergraduate certificate | $12,833 | $29,685 (27 grads) | 50 |
| Trinity Valley Community College Athens | Associate's degree | $10,500 | $29,685 (32 grads) | — |
| South Texas College McAllen | Undergraduate certificate | — | $27,301 (75 grads) | 226 |
| Pima Medical Institute-Houston Houston | Undergraduate certificate | $8,894 | $25,194 (154 grads) | 35 |
| Valley Grande Institute for Academic Studies Weslaco | Undergraduate certificate | $7,917 | $23,745 (84 grads) | 64 |
| Laredo College Laredo | Undergraduate certificate | — | $23,649 (43 grads) | 76 |
| PCI Health Training Center Dallas | Undergraduate certificate | — | $20,530 (73 grads) | — |
| Alvin Community College Alvin | Undergraduate certificate | $4,500 | not published | 86 |
| Baptist Health System School of Health Professions San Antonio | Undergraduate certificate | $14,342 | not published | 22 |
| Central Texas College Killeen | Undergraduate certificate | $8,889 | not published | 54 |
| CyberTex Institute of Technology Austin | Undergraduate certificate | $20,000 | not published | 28 |
| Grayson College Denison | Associate's degree | $10,024 | not published | — |
| Hill College Hillsboro | Undergraduate certificate | $10,500 | not published | 20 |
| Milan Institute-San Antonio Ingram San Antonio | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Navarro College Corsicana | Undergraduate certificate | $9,500 | not published | 104 |
| Northeast Texas Community College Mount Pleasant | Undergraduate certificate | $10,500 | not published | 32 |
| Remington College-Dallas Campus Dallas | Undergraduate certificate | $9,500 | not published | — |
| Rio Grande Valley College Pharr | Undergraduate certificate | $13,087 | not published | 357 |
| Tarrant County College District Fort Worth | Undergraduate certificate | $10,112 | not published | 32 |
| Texas Health School Houston | Undergraduate certificate | $12,200 | not published | 80 |
| The Chicago School-College of Nursing Richardson | Undergraduate certificate | $19,125 | not published | 38 |
| Wharton County Junior College Wharton | Undergraduate certificate | $8,750 | not published | 24 |
| Arlington Career Institute Arlington | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 158 |
| Brazosport College Lake Jackson | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 6 |
| Brazosport College Lake Jackson | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
| CTK Healthcare & Career Institute Irving | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 123 |
| Cisco College Cisco | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 59 |
| Clarendon College Clarendon | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 18 |
| Coastal Bend College Beeville | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 52 |
| Coastal Bend College Beeville | Associate's degree | — | not published | 1 |
| College of the Mainland Texas City | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 7 |
| Collin County Community College District McKinney | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 12 |
| Dallas College Dallas | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 30 |
| Del Mar College Corpus Christi | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 9 |
| Del Mar College Corpus Christi | Associate's degree | — | not published | 107 |
| Frank Phillips College Borger | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
| Graduate America Houston | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 24 |
| Grayson College Denison | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 40 |
| Howard College Big Spring | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
| Institute of Allied Healthcare San Antonio | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Lamson Institute San Antonio | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Lee College Baytown | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 9 |
| Midland College Midland | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 19 |
| Odessa College Odessa | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 49 |
| Panola College Carthage | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 48 |
| Paris Junior College Paris | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 56 |
| Ranger College Ranger | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 32 |
| South Texas Training Center Pharr | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 17 |
| The Chicago School-College of Nursing Richardson | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Trinity Valley Community College Athens | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 59 |
| Wharton County Junior College Wharton | Associate's degree | — | 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.