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Suffolk County Community College · Jane F. Shearer School of Nursing

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 practical nursing day certificate program offered at the Eastern Campus in Riverhead, preparing graduates to sit for the NCLEX-PN and to move into advanced placement RN programs. It admits for fall and spring.

Credential
Practical / vocational nursing
Delivery
On-campus
Study intensity
Full-time
Duration
Not verified
Credits
Not verified
Campus
Eastern Campus — Riverhead, NY

Entry background & licensure

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

Admissions requirements

Background check
Background check through a designated company before the first clinical experience
Source: sunysuffolk.edu · verified October 6, 2026
ATI TEAS
RequiredATI TEAS score is part of the application documentation
Source: sunysuffolk.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.

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

Other fees

  • PN Nursing ATI/Bundle (PNU 116), non-refundable: $4,500 (not to exceed) · mandatory Source: sunysuffolk.edu · verified October 6, 2026
  • Practical Nursing Lab Fee (PNU 120), non-refundable: $500 (not to exceed) · mandatory Source: sunysuffolk.edu · verified October 6, 2026
  • Liability Insurance Fee: $55 (per course) · mandatory Source: sunysuffolk.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Institution-wide tuition (all students, not nursing-specific)
  • Average undergraduate tuition, in-state, full-time, 2023-24: $5,640
  • Average undergraduate tuition, out-of-state, full-time, 2023-24: $11,280
  • Required fees, in-state undergraduates, full-time, 2023-24: $800
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 6, 2026

Start terms & deadlines

Start terms: Fall, Spring Source: sunysuffolk.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) · Selden, NY

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

  • ACEN— Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing

    Scope as stated by the source

    Source: sunysuffolk.edu · verified October 6, 2026
    Accredited

State board of nursing approval

  • NYSED— New York State Education Department / Board of Regents

    Scope as stated by the source

    Source: sunysuffolk.edu · verified October 6, 2026
    Registered by the New York State Education Department and accredited by the New York State Board of Regents

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 rate202592.86%First-attempt NCLEX-PN pass rate, Practical Nursing program, aggregate, Jan 1 - Dec 31, 2025
Source: sunysuffolk.edu · verified October 6, 2026
Program completion rate202568.1%On-time program completion rate, Practical Nursing program, aggregate
Source: sunysuffolk.edu · verified October 6, 2026

Sources

  1. ACEN Search Programs: Suffolk County Community College — Accreditor directory, verified October 6, 2026
  2. sunysuffolk.edu/apply-enroll/tuition-and-fees/index.jsp — Official tuition/fees page, verified October 6, 2026
  3. sunysuffolk.edu/explore-academics/majors-and-programs/nursing/about-us.jsp — Official school page, verified October 6, 2026
  4. sunysuffolk.edu/explore-academics/majors-and-programs/nursing/how-to-apply/application-dea — Official school page, verified October 6, 2026
  5. sunysuffolk.edu/explore-academics/majors-and-programs/nursing/how-to-apply/index.jsp — Official school page, verified October 6, 2026
  6. sunysuffolk.edu/explore-academics/majors-and-programs/nursing/student-achievement-outcome. — Official school page, verified October 6, 2026

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