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Highest earning certificate practical nursing programs in New York
New York practical nursing programs, ranked by median earnings one year after completion, from the College Scorecard field-of-study file (September 18, 2026). Only programs with at least 30 counted graduates in the earnings sample are shown, and at least 5 programs must qualify for this list to exist.
| Rank | School | City | Sector | Median earnings, 1 year after | Graduates counted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Transitions Career Institute School of Nursing | College Point | For-profit, under 2-year | $65,992 | 39 |
| 2 | AMG School of Nursing | Brooklyn | For-profit, 2-year | $64,878 | 152 |
| 3 | Rockland County BOCES-Practical Nursing Program | West Nyack | Public, under 2-year | $60,114 | 51 |
| 4 | Veeb Nassau County School of Practical Nursing | Hicksville | Public, under 2-year | $56,142 | 174 |
| 5 | Mildred Elley | Albany | For-profit, 2-year | $55,424 | 164 |
| 6 | Western Suffolk BOCES | Northport | Public, 2-year | $55,150 | 43 |
| 7 | Hunter Business School | Levittown | For-profit, 2-year | $53,614 | 82 |
| 8 | Eastern Suffolk BOCES | Sayville | Public, under 2-year | $53,547 | 166 |
| 9 | Dutchess BOCES-Practical Nursing Program | Poughkeepsie | Public, under 2-year | $49,012 | 79 |
| 10 | Orange Ulster BOCES | Newburgh | Public, under 2-year | $46,632 | 77 |
| 11 | Washington Saratoga Warren Hamilton Essex BOCES-Practical Nursing Program | Hudson Falls | Public, under 2-year | $45,996 | 34 |
| 12 | Orleans Niagara BOCES-Practical Nursing Program | Lockport | Public, under 2-year | $45,996 | 42 |
| 13 | Bryant & Stratton College | Buffalo | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $45,098 | 91 |
| 14 | Erie 1 BOCES | West Seneca | Public, under 2-year | $45,021 | 221 |
| 15 | Center for Instruction, Technology & Innovation | Mexico | Public, under 2-year | $44,986 | 30 |
| 16 | Wayne Finger Lakes BOCES-Practical Nursing Program | Newark | Public, under 2-year | $43,790 | 152 |
| 17 | Genesee Valley BOCES-Practical Nursing Program | Batavia | Public, under 2-year | $43,008 | 118 |
| 18 | Broome Delaware Tioga BOCES-Practical Nursing Program | Endicott | Public, under 2-year | $42,384 | 58 |
| 19 | Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES | Liverpool | Public, under 2-year | $42,279 | 136 |
| 20 | Jefferson Lewis BOCES-Practical Nursing Program | Watertown | Public, under 2-year | $41,958 | 42 |
| 21 | Madison Oneida BOCES-Practical Nursing Program | Verona | Public, under 2-year | $41,383 | 90 |
| 22 | Albany BOCES-Adult Practical Nursing Program | Albany | Public, under 2-year | $40,828 | 193 |
| 23 | Schuyler Steuben Chemung Tioga Allegany BOCES | Elmira | Public, under 2-year | $40,826 | 126 |
| 24 | Isabella Graham Hart School of Practical Nursing | Rochester | Private nonprofit, under 2-year | $40,256 | 137 |
Earnings cover federally aided graduates only, as published by College Scorecard.
How to read this. A smaller program can show a high or low figure from just a few graduates, and this earnings figure only ever covers students who received federal aid, so it does not describe every graduate.