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Quinsigamond Community College · Nurse Education

Practical Nursing Certificate

LPN/LVNPrelicensure — leads to a first nursing license examPublic

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

Overview

A five-semester, 46-credit practical nursing certificate with classroom, laboratory and clinical training that prepares graduates for the NCLEX-PN.

Credential
Practical / vocational nursing
Delivery
On-campus
Study intensity
Not verified
Duration
5 semesters
Source: qcc.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Credits
46 credits
Source: qcc.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Campus
West Boylston Street Campus — Worcester, MA; Federal Street Campus — MA

Entry background & licensure

Who can apply
New to nursing (no prior degree needed)
Source: qcc.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Licensure stage
Prelicensure: prepares students who are not yet licensed for a first license exam

Admissions requirements

Documents
High school diploma or GED/HiSET
Source: qcc.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Health & immunization requirements
Compliance with Massachusetts Department of Public Health immunization requirements
Source: qcc.edu · verified October 6, 2026
ATI TEAS
Required — published minimum 55TEAS taken within the last five years: composite 55% or higher, or a composite of 51% to 54% with minimum GPAs, or waived with an advanced degree (BS, BA, MS, etc.)
Source: qcc.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.

  • $227 per credit

    In-state

    Excludes: Some programs have additional program fees

    Source: qcc.edu · verified October 6, 2026

  • $433 per credit

    Out-of-state — Out-of-state / international

    Excludes: Some programs have additional program fees

    Source: qcc.edu · verified October 6, 2026

Other fees

  • Program fee for Practical Nursing Certificate (LP) (LPE): $1,412 (per semester) · mandatory Source: qcc.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Institution-wide tuition (all students, not nursing-specific)
  • Average undergraduate tuition, in-state, full-time, 2023-24: $576
  • Average undergraduate tuition, out-of-state, full-time, 2023-24: $5,520
  • Required fees, in-state undergraduates, full-time, 2023-24: $5,398
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.

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 placements
Students travel to clinical sites within the Worcester County and MetroWest area
Source: qcc.edu · verified October 6, 2026

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) · Worcester, MA

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

State board of nursing approval

  • BORN— Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing

    Scope as stated by the source

    Source: qcc.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 rate202391%NCLEX licensure pass rate (QCC Practical Nursing program; national result 86%)
Source: qcc.edu · verified October 6, 2026
NCLEX-PN pass rate202497.5%NCLEX licensure pass rate (QCC Practical Nursing program; national result 88%)
Source: qcc.edu · verified October 6, 2026
NCLEX-PN pass rate202590%NCLEX licensure pass rate (QCC Practical Nursing program; national result 87%)
Source: qcc.edu · verified October 6, 2026

Sources

  1. ACEN Search Programs: Quinsigamond Community College — Accreditor directory, verified October 6, 2026
  2. qcc.edu/admissions/tuition-and-fees/program-fees — Official tuition/fees page, verified October 6, 2026
  3. qcc.edu/healthcare/practical-nursing-certificate — Official school page, verified October 6, 2026

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