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2023 Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Trade Schools in North Carolina

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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 940 degrees and certificates from a North Carolina school, making the subject the 10th in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which trade school program is right for you. 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.

The Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Trade Schools in North Carolina ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 15 schools in North Carolina to see which ones offered the best basic certificate programs for trade school students.

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2023 Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in North Carolina

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

Top 10 Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named South Piedmont Community College the best school in North Carolina for practical nursing & nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. South Piedmont Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Polkton.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montgomery Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Trade Schools in North Carolina list. MCC is a fairly small public school located in the rural area of Troy.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at Alamance Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best practical nursing & nursing assistants schools in North Carolina. Located in the rural area of Graham, ACC is a public school with a small student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Surry Community College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Trade Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the rural area of Dobson, Surry Community College is a public school with a small student population.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Davidson County Community College is a great place for practical nursing & nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. Located in the rural area of Thomasville, DCCC is a public college with a small student population.

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Richmond Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for practical nursing & nursing assistants students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the distant town of Hamlet, Richmond Community College is a public college with a small student population.

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Cleveland Community College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Trade Schools in North Carolina ranking. Cleveland Community College is a small public school located in the fringe town of Shelby.

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Gaston College

Dallas, NC

Gaston College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for practical nursing & nursing assistants students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the suburb of Dallas, Gaston College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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Johnston Community College

Smithfield, NC

Johnston Community College ranked #9 on this year’s Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Trade Schools in North Carolina list. Johnston Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Smithfield.

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With a ranking of #10, Southwestern Community College did quite well on this year’s best schools for practical nursing & nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. Southwestern Community College is a small public school located in the town of Sylva.

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Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 2,432
South Carolina 545
Arkansas 2,094
Florida 4,163
West Virginia 465
Louisiana 1,508
Virginia 1,793
Alabama 1,586
Kentucky 4,114
Tennessee 1,471
Mississippi 1,030

Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants is one of 11 different types of trade school programs to choose from.

Practical Nursing Concentrations

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 15 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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