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Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$5,990 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.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Southwest 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Associate Degree Colleges.

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

#1

Del Mar College

Corpus Christi, TX

Our 2023 rankings named Del Mar College the best value school in the Southwest Region for practical nursing & nursing assistants students working on their associate degree. Located in the city of Corpus Christi, DMC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

DMC undergraduate students pay an average of $5,990 in tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Central Oklahoma College

Oklahoma City, OK

Out of the 3 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Oklahoma College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Central Oklahoma College is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large city of Oklahoma City.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Platt College - Tulsa. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Platt College - Tulsa is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Tulsa.

The average amount in student loans that practical nursing majors at Platt College - Tulsa take out while working on their Associate Degree is $18,674.

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Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges by State

Explore the best practical nursing & nursing assistants schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 1,411
Texas 4,240
Oklahoma 2,054
New Mexico 424

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 3 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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