Top Alabama Schools of Nursing for RNs and LPNs

Study Nursing in AL

Alabama is home to around 3 dozen accredited schools of nursing, including practical nurse, diploma, associates, baccalaureate, and graduate nursing degree programs.

23 Practical Nurse programs are approved by the Alabama State Board of Nursing most offered through the technical and community colleges. A few boast 100% pass rate on the NCLEX-PN exam, as well.
40 Registered Nurse programs (approved by the ABN) are provided by community colleges and universities within the state.

Major metro areas such as Mobile, Birmingham offer large hospitals in which hundreds of RNs and LPNs of every specialty go to work. Level I Trauma Centers—University of Alabama-Birmingham, Huntsville Hospital, Children’s Hospital of Alabama, and University of South Alabama Medical Center-Mobile—offer Emergency Nurses, Trauma Nurses and Flight Nurses fantastic challenges at the same time they provide a constant influx of unique patients to the various healthcare systems.

Alabama State Board of Nursing

The Alabama Board of Nursing maintains a website where you may find information on the following:

Alabama LPN and RN licensure
Advanced practice guidelines
Nurse Practice Act
Alabama state nursing regulations
Current industry news and issues relevant to AL LPNs and RNs
Continuing Education requirements and approved providers
Student nurse temporary licenses and guidelines
Approved RN and LPN schools in the state (does not necessarily mean “accredited”) and much more.

Alabama does not participate in the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC). For travel nurses seeking employment from outside the state you will need to apply for a standalone Alabama nursing license and conversely, for RNs with Alabama RN licenses looking to work outside the state, you must contact that particular state’s board of nursing for licensure. For immediate questions you can access a real-time online chat.

Scholarships for Nurse Educators are available through the Alabama Board of Nursing and are made possible in partnership with the Alabama Education Trust Fund. Eligible applicants must be willing to teach at a college of nursing within the state to qualify.

Alabama Nursing Associations

Alabama State Nurses Association and the Alabama Association of Student Nurses comprise the mainstream industry organizations. Look to them for professional and educational support, industry news, national conferences and networking opportunities.

Salaries for Alabama Nurses

Average salary range for a staff RN in Birmingham is $52,500 to $63,000 and for an LPN, $33,700 to $40,700.*

List of Accredited Campus-Based Nursing Schools in Alabama

Alabama Southern Community College
Auburn University
Auburn University-Montgomery
Bevill State Community College
Bishop State Community College
Calhoun Community College
Central Alabama Community College
Chattahoochee Valley Community College
Faulkner State Community College
Gadsden State Community College
George C. Wallace Community College
George Corley Wallace Community College
H. Councill Trenholm State Technical College
Jacksonville State University
Jefferson Davis Community College
Jefferson State Community College
Lawson State Community College
Lurleen Wallace Community College
Northeast Alabama Community College
Northwest-Shoals Community College
Oakwood College
Samford University
Shelton State Community College
Southern Union State Community College
Spring Hill College
Troy University
Tuskegee University
University of Alabama
University of Alabama-Birmingham
University of Alabama-Huntsville
University of Mobile
University of North Alabama
University of South Alabama
University of West Alabama
Wallace State Community College