Practical Nursing
Valley Grande Institute for Academic StudiesNursing programs, NCLEX pass rate & cost
Full-length TEAS · free, no card · confirm Valley Grande’s entrance exam on its site
How it stacks up · Texas RN programs
How does Valley Grande rank for you?
Tap what matters most to you, in order.
if pass rate came first
- #1Texas A&M International University BSN98.4% pass
- #2University of Houston College of Nursing BSN100% pass
- #3Midwestern State University BSN100% pass
- #4Texas State University BSN100% pass
- #5Sam Houston State University BSN95.5% pass
Bars show each program’s overall score under these priorities. A figure a program hasn’t published is a fill-in, as in the full rankings: a missing graduation rate or cost is scored at the 40th percentile of programs that publish it; missing graduates’ pay is filled in at the state’s median new-grad pay. Tap a heart to shortlist.
Your path into Valley Grande · 30 sec
Where are you right now?
Board-approved programs · 2025
Nursing programs at Valley Grande Institute for Academic Studies
Valley Grande Institute for Academic Studies runs 1 board-approved nursing program in Texas (PN/LPN track). Everything here comes from the state board of nursing and U.S. Department of Education data — not the school's marketing.
U.S. Dept. of Education · whole institution
Cost & admissions
This school's own nursing graduates
What graduates earn
Federal figures lag the current class by several years; treat them as comparison floors, not salary predictions.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Valley Grande Institute for Academic Studies cost?
Valley Grande Institute for Academic Studies's published tuition / program year is $24,451, and the average net price after aid is $12,051 a year. That is the whole institution's sticker price, not the nursing program's alone, and most students pay less after grants and scholarships.
What do nursing graduates of Valley Grande Institute for Academic Studies earn?
PN / LPN graduates: $30,574 median one year out. These federal figures track this school’s own nursing-program graduates and lag the current class by several years.
About this data
Programs and 2025 first-time NCLEX pass rates: the Texas board of nursing. Tuition, admissions, earnings and debt: the U.S. Department of Education. Not the school's marketing.