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Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Connecticut

2023 Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Connecticut

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Finding the Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate School for You

In 2021-2022, practical nursing & nursing assistants students earned 587 degrees and certificates from a Connecticut school, making the subject the 4th in the state.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Connecticut ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Connecticut to see which basic certificate programs offered the best educational experiences for trade school students.

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2023 Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Connecticut

The following schools top our list of the Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Colleges.

Top Connecticut Trade Schools for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Nursing & Nursing Assistants

Our 2023 rankings named Lincoln Technical Institute - Shelton the best school in Connecticut for practical nursing & nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. Located in the suburb of Shelton, Lincoln Tech - Shelton is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

Full Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants at Lincoln Technical Institute - Shelton Report

Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 627
Maine 34
Rhode Island 227
New Hampshire 71
Vermont 147

One of 11 majors within the trade school area of study, practical nursing & nursing assistants has other similar majors worth exploring.

Practical Nursing Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training 45,031
Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant/Aide 35,655
Other Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants 4,653

Related Major Annual Graduates
Health & Medical Administrative Services 88,600
Allied Health Professions 83,905
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 83,587
Health Sciences & Services 36,762
Mental & Social Health Services 30,331

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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