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Largest practical nursing programs in the United States
U.S. practical nursing programs, ranked by awards conferred in 2024, the latest IPEDS completions year on file. At least 5 schools must offer the program for this list to exist.
| Rank | School | City | Sector | Awards conferred |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ivy Tech Community College | Indianapolis | Public, 2-year | 3,601 |
| 2 | Des Moines Area Community College | Ankeny | Public, 2-year | 1,637 |
| 3 | Unitek College | Fremont | For-profit, 4-year | 1,524 |
| 4 | Hondros College of Nursing | Columbus | For-profit, 2-year | 1,122 |
| 5 | Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts | San Jose | For-profit, 4-year | 869 |
| 6 | Gateway Technical College | Kenosha | Public, 2-year | 827 |
| 7 | ECPI University | Virginia Beach | For-profit, 4-year | 747 |
| 8 | Northeast Wisconsin Technical College | Green Bay | Public, 2-year | 662 |
| 9 | South Florida Institute of Technology | Miami | For-profit, under 2-year | 612 |
| 10 | Madison Area Technical College | Madison | Public, 4-year | 593 |
| 11 | College of Lake County | Grayslake | Public, 2-year | 587 |
| 12 | Access Careers | Hempstead | For-profit, under 2-year | 582 |
| 13 | Bluegrass Community and Technical College | Lexington | Public, 2-year | 579 |
| 14 | William Rainey Harper College | Palatine | Public, 2-year | 559 |
| 15 | Western Iowa Tech Community College | Sioux City | Public, 2-year | 553 |
| 16 | Mountainland Technical College | Lehi | Public, under 2-year | 532 |
| 17 | Johnson County Community College | Overland Park | Public, 2-year | 525 |
| 18 | Chippewa Valley Technical College | Eau Claire | Public, 2-year | 504 |
| 19 | Waukesha County Technical College | Pewaukee | Public, 2-year | 476 |
| 20 | Fox Valley Technical College | Appleton | Public, 2-year | 472 |
| 21 | Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College | Bowling Green | Public, 2-year | 472 |
| 22 | Mesa Community College | Mesa | Public, 4-year | 443 |
| 23 | Wichita State University-Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology | Wichita | Public, 2-year | 438 |
| 24 | Davis Technical College | Kaysville | Public, under 2-year | 433 |
| 25 | Moraine Valley Community College | Palos Hills | Public, 2-year | 423 |
Completions counts total awards conferred, summed across every credential level, from IPEDS.
How to read this. A larger school naturally confers more awards in a common program; this counts total completions, not selectivity. A campus that is part of one multi-campus system is shown as a single row when more than two of its campuses would otherwise appear.
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