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

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

Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants is the most popular major in Kansas with 3,821 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022.

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The Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Kansas ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 14 schools in Kansas 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 Kansas

The colleges and universities below are the best for practical nursing majors pursuing a basic certificate.

Top 10 Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools

Our analysis found Washburn Institute of Technology to be the best school for practical nursing & nursing assistants students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Kansas. Located in the midsize city of Topeka, Washburn Tech is a public school with a small student population.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at North Central Kansas Technical College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best practical nursing & nursing assistants schools in Kansas. North Central Kansas Technical College is a fairly small public school located in the rural area of Beloit.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Kansas City Kansas Community College is a great place for practical nursing & nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. Located in the midsize city of Kansas City, Kansas City Kansas Community College is a public college with a small student population.

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#4

Johnson County Community College

Overland Park, KS

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Johnson County Community College is a great place for practical nursing & nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. Located in the city of Overland Park, JCCC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Flint Hills Technical College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Kansas list. Flint Hills Technical College is a small public school located in the town of Emporia.

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Hutchinson Community College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best basic certificate practical nursing & nursing assistants programs. Hutchinson Community College is a small public school located in the distant town of Hutchinson.

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With a ranking of #7, Wichita State University Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology did quite well on this year’s best schools for practical nursing & nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. Located in the rural area of Wichita, WSU Tech is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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Neosho County 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 #8 on the list. Neosho County Community College is a small public school located in the town of Chanute.

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Manhattan Area Technical 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 #9 on the list. MATC is a small public school located in the city of Manhattan.

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#10

Dodge City Community College

Dodge City, KS

Dodge City 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 #10 on the list. Dodge City Community College is a small public school located in the remote town of Dodge City.

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Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 962
Minnesota 2,176
South Dakota 245
Iowa 1,762
North Dakota 256
Nebraska 346

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

Majors Similar to Practical Nursing

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 14 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).

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