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Overview

Tuition $21,500
Licensure pass rate (2025) 95.2%
Duration 12 months
Accreditor ACEN
A practical nursing program that prepares graduates for NCLEX-PN licensure to provide basic nursing care under the direction of RNs and physicians, supporting health promotion, disease prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation.

Career outlook

Employers hire licensed practical nurses to provide basic patient care such as monitoring vital signs, administering medications, and assisting with daily needs under the supervision of registered nurses and physicians.

Getting in

What Clearfield County Career and Technology Center asks for, taken from its own admissions page.

Entrance exam TEAS
Apply through School application

What you'll need

  • Transcripts
  • Interview
  • Immunizations
  • Background check
  • Drug screen

Rolling admission until the class is full; process is application, TEAS pre-entrance test ($120 fee), education records and an interview. Requires HS transcript or GED, immunizations, PA criminal record check, child abuse and FBI clearances, drug screen, and age 18 before graduation; $100 acceptance fee. 1,500 clock hours: full-time 12 months starting July annually, part-time 24 months starting March in odd-numbered years; tuition and fees $21,500 including books. Medical Terminology and Anatomy and Physiology strongly recommended beforehand.

Checked Oct 2026 on the school's site. Requirements change each cycle, so confirm before you apply.

Prerequisites

The prerequisites you'll need to meet to apply to this program at Clearfield County Career and Technology Center. Open a category to see each one.

Entrance exams

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Health and background checks

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Application basics

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