LVN Programs In Riverside County

LVN Programs In Riverside County

Riverside County Has 12 LVN programs.

As of August 2024, there are 12 state-approved LVN programs in Riverside County. 4 of them are in the city of Riverside itself. 2 of them are in Rancho Mirage, and 1 program each in Temecula, Beaumont, Blythe, Moreno Valley, Palm Desert, and Corona.

8 of the vocational nursing programs are at private colleges, 3 are at community colleges, and 1 is at Beaumont Adult School.

The length of time to complete the programs range from 10 months, to 2 years.

Some of the programs are in "hybrid format", which means some of the classwork can be completed online. The clinicals need to be done in-person.

LVN programs at community colleges usually have at least a couple of prerequisite courses, while the private programs usually don't have any prerequisites.

LVN Programs in Riverside County

Beaumont Adult School

Beaumont Adult School

951-845-6012

1575 Cherry Ave, Beaumont, CA 92223

Ca Healthcare Skills Center

California Healthcare Skills Center

951-776-8092

18710 Van Buren Boulevard, Riverside, CA 92508

CNEI

California Nurses Educational Institute

760-416-5955

72769 Dinah Shore Dr, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270

CCI - Moreno Valley

Career Care Institute - Moreno Valley

951-214-6446

22500 Town Cir Suite 2205, Moreno Valley, CA 92553

College Of The Desert

College Of The Desert

760-346-8041

43500 Monterey Ave, Palm Desert, CA 92260

High Desert Medical College

High Desert Medical College

951-365-5390

31625 De Portola Rd Suite 200, Temecula, CA 92592

North-West College

North-West College

951-324-4157

4550 La Sierra Ave, Riverside, CA 92505

Pacific Healthcare College

Pacific Times Healthcare College

951-734-1601

90 W Grand Blvd STE 107, Corona, CA 92882

Palo Verde College

Palo Verde College

760-921-5500

1 College Dr, Blythe, CA 92225

Platt College

Platt College

951-572-4300

6465 Sycamore Canyon Blvd #100, Riverside, CA 92507

Riverside City College

Riverside City College

951-222-8000

4800 Magnolia Ave, Riverside, CA 92506

San Joaquin Valley College

San Joaquin Valley College

442-305-7701

34275 Monterey Ave, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270

8 Private Programs, 4 Public Programs

Private Programs in Riverside County

California Healthcare Skills Center

CHSC has both a full-time and part-time program. The full-time program takes 13 months to complete. The part-time program takes 19 months to complete.

The full-time program is Monday and Tuesday from 2:00pm to 10:30pm, and Saturday & Sunday from 7:00am to 3:30pm.

California Nurses Educational Institute

The LVN program at CNEI takes 14 months to complete. Total program hours: 1675

Career Care Institute

CCI's Moreno Valley campus has a 14 month LVN program. The class meets 4 times per week. There are 2 days of classroom instruction: Monday & Wednesday from 8:00am to 1:00pm. Hands-on clinicals are 2 days per week. The days of clinicals vary.

High Desert Medical College

HDMC has both a full-time and part-time program. The full-time program takes 14 months to complete. The part-time program takes 18 months to complete.

North-West College - Riverside

The LVN program at North-West College's Riverside campus takes 16 months to complete. In addition to Riverside, they also offer LVN programs at the following campuses: Pomona, Long Beach, West Covina, Van Nuys, and Anaheim.

Pacific Times Healthcare College

PTHC's LVN program takes 62 weeks to complete. They have both a weekday program, and a weekend program.

Platt College

Platt College's Riverside campus has a part-time program that can be completed in 30 months. Their Alhambra campus has a full-time program that can be completed in 18 months.

San Joaquin Valley College

San Joaquin Valley College's Rancho Mirage campus has an associate degree LVN program that can be completed in as little as 15 months.

They also offer lvn programs at their campuses in Bakersfield, Santa Maria, and Visalia.

Public Programs in Riverside County

Beaumont Adult School

Beaumont Adult School's LVN program has a prerequisite of Intro to Vocational Nursing.

College Of The Desert

College Of The Desert's LVN program has 4 prerequisites:

  • General Psychology
  • Anatomy & Physiology
  • Intro to Medical Dosage Calculation
  • General Nutrition

Palo Verde College

Palo Verde College has an LVN program that can be completed in 12 months. Therre is no waiting list, which means if you weren't accepted, you'll need to reapply.

Riverside City College

RCC's program takes 12 months to complete. It is a full-time program. Students who aren't accepted must reapply. There are 3 prerequisites:

Average LVN salary in Riverside

LVNs in Riverside County make an average of $32.51 per hour.

Rancho Mirage has the highest average salary in the county, coming in at $35.58 per hour.

Desert Hot Springs came in the lowest at $29.77 per hour.

The average LVN salary in California is lower than in Riverside County.

Are There Any"Online" LVN Programs In Riverside?

There aren't any completely "Online" LVN programs. That is because in California, every approved LVN school must include hands-on clinicals.

The average LVN program, whether "hybrid" or in-person, takes 16 months to complete.

When we think of online LVN programs, they're actually hybrid programs: parts of the classroom work may be completed online, but clinical rotations must be in-person.