Orleans Niagara BOCES-Practical Nursing Program

Lockport, NY · Public · Visit Website

Orleans Niagara BOCES offers a one-year, full-time Practical Nursing (PN) program designed to prepare students for licensure and employment as an LPN. The program emphasizes hands-on training with 726 hours of theory and 450 hours of clinical experience in local healthcare facilities. This program is notable for its focus solely on nursing and a strong record of student success on the NCLEX-PN licensing exam. The BOCES program is the only daytime Practical Nursing program in Niagara and Orleans Counties.

Programs Analyzed

1

Avg Grad Earnings

$45,996/yr

Avg TradeSchoolOutlook Score

66/100

All Programs at Orleans Niagara BOCES-Practical Nursing Program

1 trade program at Orleans Niagara BOCES, ranked by TradeSchoolOutlook Score (combines earnings, ROI, AI resilience, and job market size). Use the “compare” links to see how this school’s programs stack up against others nationally.

Program Score Earnings Debt 10yr ROI AI Risk Job Market
Practical Nursing
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants
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66 $45,996/yr $12,568 Low Very Large
258 openings/yr

Reading the table: Score combines earnings, ROI, AI resilience, and job market size on a 0–100 scale. Earnings = median first-year salary from College Scorecard. Debt = median federal debt at graduation (blank where Scorecard suppresses small samples). 10yr ROI = projected 10-year earnings ÷ in-state tuition. AI Risk reflects task-level AI exposure across mapped occupations. Job Market = annual openings nationwide for connected occupations.

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About This Data

TradeSchoolOutlook analyzes 1 trade and vocational programs at Orleans Niagara BOCES-Practical Nursing Program using earnings data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and employment projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (2024–2034).

The TradeSchoolOutlook Score (0–100) combines graduate earnings, return on investment, AI resilience, and job market size. AI Risk reflects task-level exposure for the occupations each program feeds into. Job Market shows the size of the national hiring pool. Programs without published debt figures had small reporting samples that the College Scorecard suppresses for privacy.

Data: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (earnings, debt), Bureau of Labor Statistics 2024–2034 (employment projections). Last updated 2026.