Malden, MA (population: 55,904) has one LPN school within its city limits. Medical Professional Institute has a total student population of 121. It is the 1394th highest ranked school in the USA and the 64th highest in the state of Massachusetts (#1 is Harvard University).
LPN students from Malden schools who go on to become licensed practical nurses, nurses, LPNs, licensed vocational nurses, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 728,670 people working as licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $40,900. Also, Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants make on average $24,980 per year and there are about 1,438,010 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Boston-Cambridge-Quincy NECTA area alone, there are 19,650 employed nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants earning an average salary of $30,240. Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses in this area earn $49,660/yr and there are 7,280 employed.
Malden lies in Middlesex county, which is one of the 12 counties in Massachusetts. Overall, the Boston-Cambridge-Quincy NECTA area has 1,685,900 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0.6% unemployment rate, $28.04/hr average worker wage, and a $58,330 average annual salary. Thus, about 4.319 out of every 1000 jobs in Malden are held by licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses, and 11.655/1000 are held by nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants.
After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Medical Professional Institute ends up costing a student $25,056/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Malden |
| Chelsea | MA | 44,282 | 1 | 26.6747 | 5 | 2.6 miles |
| Somerville | MA | 75,604 | 1 | 21.9743 | 9 | 3.4 miles |
| Cambridge | MA | 108,135 | 7 | 39.5149 | 268 | 4.6 miles |
| Woburn | MA | - | 3 | 29.2811 | 25 | 5.8 miles |
| Boston | MA | 610,407 | 34 | 31.8192 | 1,194 | 6.6 miles |
| Brighton | MA | - | 3 | 22.1394 | 9 | 7.4 miles |
| Watertown | MA | - | 4 | 19.8045 | 105 | 7.5 miles |
| Peabody | MA | 51,672 | 0 | - | 0 | 8.3 miles |
| Brookline | MA | 55,248 | 4 | 18.3285 | 60 | 8.6 miles |
| Chestnut Hill | MA | - | 2 | 53.2355 | 134 | 8.9 miles |
| Waltham | MA | 60,722 | 3 | 63.6138 | 127 | 9.6 miles |
| Milton | MA | - | 2 | 30.0286 | 66 | 12.5 miles |
| Needham | MA | - | 1 | 85.1852 | 4 | 13.4 miles |
| Billerica | MA | 40,949 | 1 | 35.5405 | 2 | 13.6 miles |
| Wellesley | MA | - | 2 | 79.2832 | 74 | 15.0 miles |
| Weymouth | MA | 55,115 | 0 | - | 0 | 16.2 miles |
| North Andover | MA | - | 1 | 30.19 | 56 | 19.0 miles |
| Lowell | MA | 104,063 | 4 | 27.7393 | 100 | 19.7 miles |
| Framingham | MA | 64,549 | 2 | 43.2155 | 61 | 21.1 miles |
| Brockton | MA | 92,742 | 6 | 30.966 | 101 | 24.3 miles |
| Nashua | NH | 86,706 | 4 | 32.4184 | 139 | 31.1 miles |
| North Attleborough | MA | 43,307 | 0 | - | 0 | 34.7 miles |
| Taunton | MA | 55,679 | 1 | 23.0007 | 3 | 36.7 miles |
| Attleboro | MA | 42,840 | 0 | - | 0 | 36.7 miles |
| Leominster | MA | 41,104 | 0 | - | 0 | 36.8 miles |
| Woonsocket | RI | 42,967 | 0 | - | 0 | 37.3 miles |
| Chester | NH | - | 3 | 20.6159 | 131 | 37.8 miles |
| Fitchburg | MA | - | 3 | 41.3845 | 81 | 39.3 miles |
| Worcester | MA | 174,854 | 11 | 28.6428 | 380 | 39.9 miles |
| Stratham | NH | - | 1 | 10.7122 | 32 | 41.8 miles |