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Career Information for Licensed Practical And Licensed Vocational Nurses in Illinois

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Fast Facts for Licensed Practical And Licensed Vocational Nurses in Illinois

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: Kankakee, Danville, and Decatur
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Champaign, Chicago, and Bloomington
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Chicago, Peoria, and Rockford

Salaries for Licensed Practical And Licensed Vocational Nurses in Illinois

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: Chicago, Peoria, and Champaign. (See table at bottom of page)

Schools for Licensed Practical And Licensed Vocational Nurses in Illinois are listed below.

Selected LPN Nursing Schools in Illinois

These schools offer particularly quick info upon request, and we have written detailed profiles for each (click school names to see the profiles).

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Rasmussen College
Aurora, Rockford, Romeoville

Offers career training and degree programs in allied health, business, justice studies, nursing, education, and technology. Located at 13 campuses across the U.S.

  • Programs: Practical Nursing
  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate, Diploma
(Offerings vary by location; please request additional info.)

More Illinois LPN Nursing Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Black Hawk CollegeMolineAssociate6,311
Carl Sandburg CollegeGalesburgAssociate2,693
City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright CollegeChicagoAssociate10,993
Elgin Community CollegeElginAssociate9,613
Harper CollegePalatineAssociate15,156
Heartland Community CollegeNormalAssociate4,827
Highland Community College FreeportFreeportAssociate2,049
Illinois Central CollegeEast PeoriaAssociate11,804
Illinois Eastern Community Colleges-Olney Central CollegeOlneyAssociate1,610
Illinois Valley Community CollegeOglesbyAssociate4,103
John A Logan CollegeCartervilleAssociate7,559
John Wood Community CollegeQuincyAssociate2,417
Joliet Junior CollegeJolietAssociate13,149
Kankakee Community CollegeKankakeeAssociate3,591
Kaskaskia CollegeCentraliaAssociate5,041
Kishwaukee CollegeMaltaAssociate4,466
Lake Land CollegeMattoonAssociate7,177
Lincoln Land Community CollegeSpringfieldAssociate6,655
Morton CollegeCiceroAssociate5,057
Parkland CollegeChampaignAssociate9,407
Rend Lake CollegeInaAssociate4,821
Richland Community CollegeDecaturAssociate3,274
Rock Valley CollegeRockfordAssociate7,923
Saint Xavier UniversityChicagoMasters5,675
Sauk Valley Community CollegeDixonAssociate2,700
Shawnee Community CollegeUllinAssociate2,176
South Suburban CollegeSouth HollandAssociate6,260
Southeastern Illinois CollegeHarrisburgAssociate2,606
Spoon River CollegeCantonAssociate2,139
Springfield College in IllinoisSpringfieldAssociate608
Triton CollegeRiver GroveAssociate15,658

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Licensed Practical And Licensed Vocational Nurses

The map below shows job statistics for the career type by metro area, for Illinois. A table below the map shows job popularity and salaries across the state.

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses relative to the population of the city, as of 2008. Salary data was obtained from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

A Relative Popularity of 1.0 means that the city has an average number of the particular job, for its population, compared to the rest of the US. Higher numbers mean proportionally more jobs of that type.
Metro AreaJobsSalary
(2008)
Relative
Popularity

ILLINOIS

   
Kankakee340$37,2302.1
Danville170$40,5501.6
Decatur330$33,9701.6
Springfield750$38,9501.5
Peoria1,150$42,6101.4
Rockford890$40,6801.2
Bloomington230$40,9900.7
Chicago11,990$45,3300.6
Champaign250$41,6500.6
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