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Practical Nursing - Certificate

LPN/LVNPrelicensure — leads to a first nursing license examPublic

Award: Practical Nursing Certificate of Completion

Program facts last verified October 6, 2026. Each fact links to the official page it came from.

Overview

A four-semester practical nursing curriculum of PNUR courses and general education; completers who hold a PA LPN license can transfer into the RN program.

Credential
Practical / vocational nursing
Delivery
On-campus, Hybrid
Study intensity
Full-time
Duration
4 semesters
Source: hacc.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Credits
Total credits = 53
Source: hacc.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Campus
Harrisburg Campus — Harrisburg, PA; Lancaster Campus — Lancaster, PA; York Campus — York, PA

Entry background & licensure

Who can apply
New to nursing (no prior degree needed)
Source: hacc.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Licensure stage
Prelicensure: prepares students who are not yet licensed for a first license exam
Licensure exam
Eligible to sit for the LPN licensure exam (NCLEX-PN)
Source: hacc.edu · verified October 6, 2026

Admissions requirements

Other requirement
Students begin in the Allied Health AAS program, then apply to the practical nursing program
Source: hacc.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Minimum GPA
Minimum 2.5Overall GPA of 2.5 or higher (at HACC or prior college if no HACC GPA)
Source: hacc.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Other requirement
Mandatory nursing information session within 9 months prior to application
Source: hacc.edu · verified October 6, 2026
ATI TEAS
Required — published minimum 60TEAS Version 7; minimum score to apply does not guarantee admission
Source: hacc.edu · verified October 6, 2026

Requirements not listed here are unknown to us — not “not required”.

Tuition & fees

Shown exactly as the school publishes it, with its fee basis. Per-credit, per-term, annual and total-program figures are never treated as comparable.

  • $237 per credit

    In-district — Sponsoring (as labelled on cost sheet) · 2026-2027

    Calculated$13,153.50 — 55.5 credits × $237 per credit; excludes other fees

    Source: hacc.edu · verified October 6, 2026

  • $342.25 per credit

    Out-of-district — Non-Sponsoring (as labelled on cost sheet) · 2026-2027

    Calculated$18,994.88 — 55.5 credits × $342.25 per credit; excludes other fees

    Source: hacc.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Institution-wide tuition (all students, not nursing-specific)
  • Average undergraduate tuition, in-district, full-time, 2023-24: $6,023
  • Average undergraduate tuition, in-state, full-time, 2023-24: $7,418
  • Average undergraduate tuition, out-of-state, full-time, 2023-24: $9,750
  • Required fees, in-state undergraduates, full-time, 2023-24: $1,500
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 6, 2026

Start terms & deadlines

Start terms: August Source: hacc.edu · verified October 6, 2026

A date without a year printed next to it on the school's page is shown as “date not confirmed”. Passed dates are never rolled forward.

Clinical, simulation & campus requirements

Clinical arrangements: not verified. We publish this only when the school states it on an official page.

We never infer a placement guarantee from marketing wording; only arrangements the school states are shown.

Accreditation & approval

Program accreditation, state board approval and institutional accreditation are separate. Records below cover this program's degree level at this institution as the body lists it.

Nursing program accreditation

  • ACEN— Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing

    Practical (LPN/LVN) · Harrisburg, PA

    Source: acenursing.org · verified October 6, 2026
    Accredited

State board of nursing approval

  • BON— Pennsylvania State Board of Nursing

    Scope as stated by the source

    Source: hacc.edu · verified October 6, 2026
    Approved

Published outcomes

Exactly as published, with year and population. Results for one program or campus are never applied to another.
MeasureYearResultPopulation / scope
NCLEX-PN pass rate202491.38%Class of 2024, PN program (population not further specified)
Source: hacc.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Program completion rate202468.87%Class of 2024, PN program
Source: hacc.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Job placement rate202497.6%Class of 2024, PN program
Source: hacc.edu · verified October 6, 2026

Sources

  1. ACEN Search Programs: Harrisburg Area Community College — Accreditor directory, verified October 6, 2026
  2. hacc.edu/ProgramsandCourses/Practical-Nursing-3270.cfm — Official school page, verified October 6, 2026
  3. hacc.edu/ProgramsandCourses/Programs/HealthCareers/Nurse-LPN.cfm — Official school page, verified October 6, 2026
  4. hacc.edu/ProgramsandCourses/Programs/HealthCareers/upload/LPN-Adm.pdf — Official school page, verified October 6, 2026
  5. hacc.edu/ProgramsandCourses/Programs/HealthCareers/upload/LPN-Costs.pdf — Official tuition/fees page, verified October 6, 2026
  6. hacc.edu/ProgramsandCourses/Programs/HealthCareers/upload/LPN-Curriculum.pdf — Official school page, verified October 6, 2026

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Harrisburg Area Community College

Nursing - Associate in Science (AS)

ADNPrelicensure
  • Gettysburg Campus — Gettysburg, PA · Harrisburg Campus — Harrisburg, PA · Lancaster Campus — Lancaster, PA · York Campus — York, PA
  • On-campus · Hybrid · Full-time · Part-time
  • Four-semester and eight-semester options · Total credits = 69
  • $237 per credit · In-district · 2026-2027+1 more
  • For: New to nursing (no prior degree needed)

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