ProgramsDallas-Fort Worth, Texas
LVN programs in Dallas
The Texas Board of Nursing lists 11 approved vocational nursing programs in Dallas-Fort Worth. Together they sent 420 first-time candidates to the NCLEX-PN in their latest reported year and 88.3% passed, 3.6 points below the Texas figure of 91.9%.
11
Approved programs
88.3%
Area pass rate
420 candidates
91.89%
Texas pass rate
all programs, 2025
$64,370
Local median pay
12,590 LVNs employed
Every program in Dallas-Fort Worth
Sorted by the latest first-time pass rate the board published for each program. Texas publishes no central tuition table, so ask each school for its cost of attendance in writing.
| Program | City | Candidates | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tarrant County College | Fort Worth | 14 | 100% |
| Collin College | McKinney | 71 | 95.8% |
| Weatherford College | Weatherford | 45 | 95.6% |
| Navarro College | Waxahachie | 44 | 95.5% |
| Trinity Valley Community College | Terrell | 21 | 95.2% |
| Dallas College | Dallas | 21 | 90.5% |
| Concorde Career College | Dallas | 54 | 88.9% |
| CTK Healthcare & Career Institute | Irving | 7 | 85.7% |
| Concorde Career College | Grand Prairie | 116 | 83.6% |
| College of Nursing and Advanced Health ProfessionsReported closed | Richardson | 8 | 75% |
| Arlington Career Institute | Grand Prairie | 27 | 51.9% |
What an LVN earns in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
The Bureau of Labor Statistics puts the median at $64,370 a year ($30.95 an hour), with the bottom tenth on $53,930 and the top tenth on $77,620. It counts 12,590 vocational nurses working in the metro.
LVN programs in Dallas: common questions
- How many LVN programs are there in Dallas?
- 11 approved programs in Dallas-Fort Worth appear in the board's published tables: Tarrant County College, Collin College, Weatherford College, Navarro College, Trinity Valley Community College, Dallas College, Concorde Career College, CTK Healthcare & Career Institute, Concorde Career College, College of Nursing and Advanced Health Professions, Arlington Career Institute. Programs whose board entry gives no campus location are not placed here; the full list is on the programs page.
- Which Dallas LVN program has the highest NCLEX-PN pass rate?
- Among programs that sat 20 or more first-time candidates, Collin College posted the highest rate: 95.77% of 71 in 2025. A pass rate is one year's result, not a grade of the program.
- Which Dallas program trains the most LVNs?
- Concorde Career College sent the most first-time candidates to the exam: 116 in 2025.
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