ProgramsPrivate school · Los Angeles, California
American Career College, Los Angeles
Five years of first-time exam results
| Year | Candidates | First-time pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 222 | 90% |
| 2022 | 278 | 86% |
| 2023 | 228 | 93% |
| 2024 | 326 | 91% |
| 2025 | 285 | 94% |
| All five | 1,339 | 90.8% |
In 2025 this program put 285 candidates through the NCLEX-PN for the first time and 94% passed, against 82.8% across California’s private schools that year.
Getting in
The school told the board: “35” It approves 420 places a year across 6 intakes of 70 students.
What the licence pays here
In Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, vocational nurses earn a median of $79,310. The bottom tenth earn $64,200 and the top tenth $96,630. 33,590 work in the area.
American Career College, Los Angeles: common questions
- What is the NCLEX-PN pass rate at American Career College, Los Angeles?
- American Career College, Los Angeles had a first-time NCLEX-PN pass rate of 94.0% in 2025, from 285 candidates tested. Cohort size matters: a high rate from a handful of candidates is not evidence of quality. Over five years the program tested 1339 candidates at 90.8%. Source: BVNPT vocational nursing program pass rates.
- How much does American Career College, Los Angeles cost?
- Board-reported tuition at American Career College, Los Angeles is approximately $38,094. That figure comes from BVNPT tuition costs for approved schools and does not include books, uniform, the NCLEX-PN exam fee or licensing costs, which add materially to the total.
- Is American Career College, Los Angeles an approved vocational nursing program?
- Yes. American Career College, Los Angeles appears on the California Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians list of approved programs. Approval means graduates are eligible to sit the NCLEX-PN; it is not a ranking or an endorsement of quality.
- Is an LVN the same as an LPN?
- Yes. California and Texas call the licence Licensed Vocational Nurse; the other 48 states call it Licensed Practical Nurse. Both sit the same national exam, the NCLEX-PN. There is no separate LVN exam and the qualification is the same.