Best 15 LPN Programs in WV in 2024

Pierpont Community & Technical College offers a Practical Nursing Program at its Fairmont, West Virginia location. This certificate program prepares students to take the NCLEX-PN and is taught in a part-time, five-semester format. The curriculum is based on West Virginia’s LPN Board’s standards for curriculum design. To apply, students must take the TEAS (Test of Essential Academic Skills), a pre-nursing entrance test, and earn a score of at least 50 percent. Classes include Nutrition, Fundamental Nursing I, Pharmacology II, Mental Health Nursing, and Geriatric Nursing.

New River Community and Technical College offer a Practical Nursing Program with program locations at their Raleigh County Campus, Greenbrier Valley Campus, and Nicholas County Campus. This program takes 11 months to complete and prepares students to take the NCLEX-PN exam. Areas of focuses including Medical-Surgical Nursing, Geriatrics, Mental Health Nursing, and Maternal-Child Nursing. Graduates can also seamlessly transfer into more advanced nursing programs, such as ones for registered nurses.

Fred W. Eberle Technical Center offers a Practical Nursing Program at its Buckhannon, West Virginia location. In addition to being prepared to take the NCLEX-PN exam, students who complete the program leave with a diploma and graduate nurse pin. Clinical work takes place in local hospitals, nursing homes, and community organizations throughout North Central West Virginia. A few partner institutions include St. Joseph’s Hospital in Buckhannon, Crestview Manor in Jane Lew, and Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital in Weston.

Garnet Career Center offers a Practical Nursing Program located at its Charleston, West Virginia location. The program takes 12 months to complete and is divided into three semesters. Students participate in clinical rotations at several local healthcare facilities, including Thomas Memorial, CAMC, Oak Ridge Center, and Valley Nursing Center. The faculty includes members from diverse backgrounds, who enhance the curriculum through the lens of their unique experiences.

Roane-Jackson Technical Center offers a Practical Nursing Program at its Leroy, West Virginia location. In addition to preparing for the NCLEX-PN exam, students benefit from a combination of clinical, laboratory, and classroom experiences. The program takes one year to complete. Clinical experiences are supervised by faculty at local healthcare facilities.

James Rumsey Technical Institute offers a Practical Nursing Program at its Martinsburg, West Virginia location that can be completed in 11.5 months with 32.5 hours of training per week. The comprehensive curriculum includes clinical training in areas like acute care, respiratory therapy, pediatric unities, OB units, medical units, wound centers, and more.  Students learn with state-of-the-art equipment installed in a recent large renovation, including 12 lead EKG, IV Pump, Cardiac Monitor, and more.

B.M. Spurr School of Practical Nursing offers a Practical Nursing Program at its Glen Dale, West Virginia location in Reynolds Memorial Hospital. This program trains students to become eligible to take the NCLEX-PN while also providing hands-on clinical experience onsite at the hospital. The classroom curriculum also prepares graduates to practice nursing under the direction of a licensed physician, registered nurse, or licensed dentist once they earn their certification and licensure.  The program is nationally accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN).

Cabell County Career Technology Center offers a Practical Nursing Program at its location in

Huntington, West Virginia. This program prepares students to take the NCLEX-PN in West Virginia. Once licensed, they will also meet the licensing requirement for most other states.

Mercer County Technical Education Center offers a Practical Nursing Program at its location in Princeton, West Virginia. The program is nationally accredited by the Council on Occupational Education (COE) and provides students with 1,350 hours of hands-on, intensive training. The curriculum includes lectures, laboratory demonstrations and practice, technical presentations, and clinical assignments at local healthcare facilities, including hospitals. Graduates will also meet the requirements to take the NCLEX-PN for licensure.

West Virginia Junior College offers a Practical Nursing Program at its location in Bridgeport, West Virginia. The program takes 12 months to complete. Students will immerse themselves in Practical Nursing training in addition to IV therapy, EKG, and phlebotomy certifications. Students who graduate are eligible to take the NCLEX-PN exam and pursue careers as LPNS, while additional certifications open opportunities to working with medical labs, hospitals, and cardiologists.

Mingo Extended Learning Center offers a Practical Nursing Program at its location in Delbarton, West Virginia. Graduates will have the skills and knowledge they need to become practical nurses and work in places like doctors’ offices, hospitals, nursing homes, and home healthcare. The curriculum teaches skills like reporting and recording patient responses, working in healthcare teams, direct bedside care, giving medications and treatments, and working with doctors. A pre-entrance class on topics like human anatomy, medical terminology, and CPR is mandatory.

Ralph R. Willis Career and Technical Center offers a Practical Nursing Program at its location in Logan, West Virginia. This program can be completed in 12 months and combines clinical rotations, laboratory practice, and classroom instruction to immerse students in the practical nursing experience. Graduates receive a certificate of completion and are prepared to take the NCLEX-PN for licensure. More than half of the program hours at spent in hands-on experiences at local healthcare facilities.

United Technical Center offers a Practical Nursing Program at its location in Clarksburg, West Virginia. This 12-month program is accredited by the Council on Occupational Education (COE) and is currently offering review classes for the pre-entrance test (TEAS) for free online. Graduates of the program are ready to take the NCLEX-PN for licensure and leave with skills and knowledge on both basic and advanced medical-surgical skills, administrating medications, and more.

Mineral County Technical Center offers a Practical Nursing Program at its location in Keyser, West Virginia. The program prepares students to take the NCLEX-PN for licensure in the state of West Virginia. The comprehensive program covers a wide variety of topics, including Geriatrics Nursing, Behavioral Health, Fundamentals of Nursing, Pharmacology, Social Concepts of Nursing, Pediatrics, Obstetrics, Nutrition, Medical-Surgical, Disorders of the Skin, and more

John D. Rockefeller Career Center offers a Practical Nursing Program at its location in New Cumberland, West Virginia. The program takes 12 months to complete. In addition to preparing students to take the NCLEX-PN, the curriculum covers critical nursing skills like administering medication, ensuring patient comfort, collecting samples, and taking vital signs. The TEAS entrance exam is required for entry.