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Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

2023 Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$18,578 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$41,121 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Associate Degree School for You

In 2021-2022, 85,339 practical nursing & nursing assistants students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #2 most popular in the country.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for practical nursing students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Best Middle Atlantic Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Nursing & Nursing Assistants

Our analysis found Pennsylvania Institute of Technology to be the best value school for practical nursing & nursing assistants students who want to pursue a associate degree in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the suburb of Media, Pennsylvania Institute of Technology is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

Pennsylvania Institute of Technology undergraduate students pay an average of $14,175 in tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Pennsylvania College of Technology helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value practical nursing & nursing assistants schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Penn College is a small public school located in the small city of Williamsport.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Penn College are $25,680 a year.

Penn College also claimed a spot on our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Fortis Institute - Scranton. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Fortis Institute - Scranton is a small private for-profit school located in the small city of Scranton.

Fortis Institute - Scranton undergraduate students pay an average of $15,880 in tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that practical nursing majors at Fortis Institute - Scranton take out while working on their Associate Degree is $20,919.

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#4

PITC Institute

Wyncote, PA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend PITC Institute. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. PITC Institute is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Wyncote.

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Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges by State

Explore the best practical nursing & nursing assistants colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 3,262
Pennsylvania 1,952
New Jersey 1,469
Maryland 254
Delaware 208

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.

  • 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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