About ATA Career Education
ATA Career Education is a private for-profit college in Spring Hill, Florida, in a midsize suburb. It enrolls roughly 201 undergraduates, most of them full time. The federal student-to-faculty ratio is about 20 to 1.
Nursing programs at ATA Career Education
The nursing offerings tracked in federal data here are the practical nursing (LPN/LVN) certificate or diploma. Recent annual completions came to about 45 practical nursing completers. A practical nursing credential is the shortest route to licensed work; our LPN vs. RN guide covers how it differs from the registered nurse path. That is a relatively small annual graduating class, so ask how many seats open each year.
Cost and student outcomes
Published tuition and fees are about $14,900 a year. The average net price (what students receiving federal aid pay after grants and scholarships) is about $27,000 a year. About 95% of undergraduates receive Pell Grants. Federal debt and earnings figures for nursing graduates at this school are limited or suppressed for privacy, so ask the nursing department for current outcomes. Schoolwide, about 73% of first-time, full-time students finish within 150% of normal time.
Applying and licensure
The federal data does not report an overall admission rate for this school, so ask the admissions office how applicants are evaluated. Admission to the nursing major or program is often a separate, competitive step with prerequisites, minimum grades, and capped enrollment. Check deadlines with the nursing department, and read our nursing school requirements guide to prepare. After graduation, the path to a license goes through the Florida Board of Nursing and the NCLEX exam. Ask the program about its accreditation (ACEN or CCNE) and state approval, and see how it stacks up against other nursing schools in Florida.
Figures come from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and can change. Confirm current details with the school.