Central School of Practical Nursing
Norfolk, Virginia · Website
$59,399
median earnings, 10 years after starting
$59,399
median earnings, 10 years after starting
Central School of Practical Nursing is a public under 2-year college in Norfolk, Virginia with 24 undergraduates. Its average net price after grants is $8,029 a year. 76% of students finish within 150% of the normal time. Former students earn a median $59,399 a year 10 years after they started.
Updated Oct 10, 2026 · June 2026 data
Net price
$8,029
US median $17,138
Tuition and fees
-
Admission rate
Open
Completion rate
76%
Within 150% of the normal time, US 58%
Median debt
-
Earnings at 10 years
$59,399
Rank 826 of 5,094 in the US
Cost
What a year costs: posted prices and the average after grants
- Net price
- $8,029
- Cost of attendance
- $11,816
- Students with a need-based grant
- 43%
- Students with federal loans
- 0%
- Net price, family income under $30K
- $8,029
Net price is what students who get aid pay on average after grants.
Tuition and net price by year
School years 2015-16 to 2024-25. The year on the chart is the year the school year starts.
Yearly cost
Dollars a year
Admission, completion and retention
Share of applicants admitted, of students who finish and of first-year students who come back
Admission and students
- Admission rate
- Open admission
- Undergraduates
- 24
- Part-time students
- 54%
- Women
- 100%
- Students per teacher
- 13
- Completion rate
- 76%
- Retention rate
- 80%
- Highest degree
- Certificate
- Programs
- 2
- Other
- Open admission
Earnings and debt
Compared with the medians of the colleges of its state, of colleges of the same kind and of all US colleges
Median earnings 10 years after starting rank 826 of 5,094 US colleges and 24 of 127 in Virginia (1 = highest).
| Measure | College | VA median | Same kind | US median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net price | $8,029 | $19,081 | $13,490 | $17,138 |
| Tuition in-state | - | $16,364 | $9,344 | $11,837 |
| Admission rate | - | 80% | 77% | 78% |
| Completion rate | 76% | 52% | 79% | 58% |
| Retention rate | 80% | 73% | 82% | 75% |
| Median debt | - | $20,000 | $9,500 | $13,271 |
| Earnings after 6 years | $47,274 | $36,582 | $37,893 | $35,656 |
| Earnings after 10 years | $59,399 | $42,837 | $40,517 | $40,813 |
Same kind: US public under 2-year colleges. Earnings and debt are medians of former students who received federal student aid. 81% earn more than a typical high school graduate 6 years after starting.
Programs
2 fields of study and credentials, with graduates, debt and earnings
| Field of study | Graduates | Median debt | Earnings 1 yr | Earnings 4 yr | US median 4 yr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate | Certificate | 11 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $56,073 |
| Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, OtherCertificate | Certificate | - | - | - | Withheld | $46,980 |
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Questions and answers
How much does Central School of Practical Nursing cost?
$8,029 a year is the average net price at Central School of Practical Nursing after grants and scholarships., and the full cost of attendance with housing, food and books is $11,816. Families earning under $30,000 pay $8,029 on average.
What is the acceptance rate at Central School of Practical Nursing?
Central School of Practical Nursing has open admission: it accepts students who meet its basic requirements, such as a high school diploma.
How much do Central School of Practical Nursing graduates earn?
$59,399 a year is the median pay of former Central School of Practical Nursing students who work, 10 years after they started ($47,274 after 6 years). That ranks 826 of 5,094 US colleges and 24 of 127 in Virginia.
What is the graduation rate at Central School of Practical Nursing?
76% of first-time, full-time students at Central School of Practical Nursing finish within 150% of the normal time. 80% of first-year students come back for a second year. The median of public under 2-year colleges is 79%.
What are the most popular majors at Central School of Practical Nursing?
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants (11 certificate graduates) had the most graduates in the newest year, out of 2 programs.
Official public data, June 2026 release. Net price is for first-time, full-time students who get aid. Completion counts first-time, full-time students who finish within 150% of the normal time. Debt and earnings are medians of students who received federal student aid, measured a few years after they left, in the dollars of the year measured; earnings count former students who work and are not enrolled, including those who did not finish.