Miami Dade College · Benjamín León School of Nursing

Licensed Practical Nursing

LPN/LVNPrelicensure — leads to a first nursing license examPublic

Award: Career Technical Certificate in Licensed Practical Nursing

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

Overview

A one-year certificate covering fundamentals of nursing, anatomy and physiology with medical terminology, pharmacology, adult health and professional role transition.

Credential: Practical / vocational nursing
Delivery: On-campus
Study intensity: Full-time
Duration: one-year planned certificate program
Source: mdc.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Credits: Not verified
Campus: Medical Campus — Miami, FL

Entry background & licensure

Who can apply: Not verified
Source: mdc.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Licensure stage: Prelicensure: prepares students who are not yet licensed for a first license exam
Licensure exam: Graduates are eligible to apply to write the NCLEX-PN
Source: mdc.edu · verified October 6, 2026

Admissions requirements

Other requirement: Selection is based on pre-admission test scores and completion of prerequisite courses
Source: mdc.edu · verified October 6, 2026
ATI TEAS: RequiredApplicants take TEAS and the Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE)
Source: mdc.edu · verified October 6, 2026

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

Tuition & fees

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

Institution-wide tuition (all students, not nursing-specific)

Average undergraduate tuition, in-state, full-time, 2023-24: $1,987
Average undergraduate tuition, out-of-state, full-time, 2023-24: $7,947
Required fees, in-state undergraduates, full-time, 2023-24: $851

Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 6, 2026

Start terms & deadlines

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

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Clinical, simulation & campus requirements

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

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

Sources

ACEN Search Programs: Miami Dade College — Accreditor directory, verified October 6, 2026
mdc.edu/lpn/default.aspx — Official school page, verified October 6, 2026

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Miami Dade College

Associate in Science in Nursing (ASN)

ADNPrelicensure

Medical Campus — Miami, FL · Homestead Campus — Homestead, FL
On-campus · Full-time · Part-time
Generic full-time 4 semesters; generic part-time 7 semesters; transition full-time 3 semesters, part-time 5 semesters; accelerated 3 semesters · 72 credits, 42 of them in the nursing program

Not yet verified: tuition, upcoming deadline

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