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2023 Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

13 Colleges
$22,924 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 13 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which basic certificate programs offered the best value experiences for practical nursing students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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.

2023 Best Value Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

Top 10 Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools

Our analysis found Allegany College of Maryland to be the best value school for practical nursing & nursing assistants students who want to pursue a basic certificate in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the city of Cumberland, Allegany College of Maryland is a public school with a small student population.

Allegany College of Maryland undergraduate students pay an average of $11,060 in tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Mildred Elley Albany

Albany, NY

Out of the 13 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Mildred Elley Albany landed the # 2 spot on the list. Mildred Elley Albany is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Albany.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Mildred Elley Albany are $14,253 a year.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at Mercyhurst University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value practical nursing & nursing assistants schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Mercyhurst is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Erie.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Mercyhurst are $43,460 a year.

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#4

Access Careers

Hempstead, NY

Out of the 13 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Access Careers landed the # 4 spot on the list. Access Careers is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Hempstead.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Monroe 2 Orleans BOCES-Center for Workforce Development. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. BOCES 2 CWD is a fairly small public school located in the large suburb of Rochester.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Lincoln Technical Institute - Paramus. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the suburb of Paramus, Lincoln Tech - Paramus is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Dawn Career Institute LLC is a great value for practical nursing & nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. Located in the suburb of Newark, Dawn Career Institute is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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#4

New Age Training

New York, NY

Out of the 13 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, New Age Training landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of New York, New Age Training is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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#4

Erie 1 BOCES

West Seneca, NY

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Erie 1 BOCES is a great value for practical nursing & nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. Erie 1 BOCES is a fairly small public school located in the suburb of West Seneca.

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#4

Polytech Adult Education

Woodside, DE

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Polytech Adult Education is a great value for practical nursing & nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. Located in the rural area of Woodside, Polytech Adult Education is a public college with a fairly small student population.

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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 13 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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