Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants programs in West Virginia
28 schools in West Virginia teach this, at certificate or associate level. 11 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $38,559 at West Virginia Junior College-Morgantown.
What this work pays in West Virginia
Nursing Assistants in West Virginia earn a median of $36,720 a year across 9,390 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 West Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses | $55,360 | 6,050 |
Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.
Schools
| School | Credential | Median debt | Graduate earnings, 2 yrs | Graduates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia Junior College-Morgantown Morgantown | Undergraduate certificate | $10,830 | $38,559 (25 grads) | — |
| John D Rockefeller IV Career Center New Cumberland | Undergraduate certificate | — | $36,094 (25 grads) | 21 |
| B M Spurr School of Practical Nursing Glen Dale | Undergraduate certificate | — | $35,416 (13 grads) | 13 |
| New River Community and Technical College Beaver | Undergraduate certificate | $7,459 | $33,565 (33 grads) | 20 |
| Wood County Technical Center-Practical Nursing Parkersburg | Undergraduate certificate | — | $33,281 (25 grads) | 14 |
| Fayette Institute of Technology Oak Hill | Undergraduate certificate | — | $32,391 (17 grads) | 12 |
| Salem University Salem | Undergraduate certificate | — | $31,848 (12 grads) | — |
| Mercer County Technical Education Center Princeton | Undergraduate certificate | — | $31,314 (16 grads) | 30 |
| Monongalia County Technical Education Center Morgantown | Undergraduate certificate | — | $30,771 (12 grads) | 20 |
| Pierpont Community and Technical College Fairmont | Undergraduate certificate | $16,101 | $29,141 (15 grads) | 17 |
| West Virginia Northern Community College Wheeling | Undergraduate certificate | $5,250 | $22,424 (20 grads) | 23 |
| Academy of Careers and Technology Beckley | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 18 |
| Fred W Eberle Technical Center Buckhannon | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 46 |
| James Rumsey Technical Institute Martinsburg | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 13 |
| Roane-Jackson Technical Center Leroy | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 15 |
| West Virginia Junior College-Bridgeport Bridgeport | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 13 |
| West Virginia Junior College-Charleston Cross Lanes | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| B M Spurr School of Practical Nursing Glen Dale | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
| Ben Franklin Career Center Dunbar | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Boone Career and Technical Center Foster | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Cabell County Career Technology Center Huntington | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 29 |
| Mineral County Vocational Technical Center Keyser | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 7 |
| Mingo Extended Learning Center Delbarton | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 14 |
| Putnam Career and Technical Center Eleanor | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 11 |
| Ralph R Willis Career and Technical Center Stollings | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 17 |
| Randolph Technical Center Elkins | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 16 |
| United Technical Center Clarksburg | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 19 |
| West Virginia University at Parkersburg Parkersburg | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 8 |
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.