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Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Florida

2023 Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Florida

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

31 Colleges
$2,833 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

In 2021-2022, practical nursing & nursing assistants students earned 4,163 degrees and certificates from a Florida school, making the subject the 5th in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for trade school students. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country.

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 Basic Certificate Schools in Florida ranking. This report analyzed 31 schools in Florida to see which ones offered the best value basic certificate programs for practical nursing students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

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

Top 10 Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools

#1

Tallahassee Community College

Tallahassee, FL

Our analysis found Tallahassee Community College to be the best value school for practical nursing & nursing assistants students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Florida. Tallahassee Community College is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Tallahassee.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Tallahassee Community College are $2,026 a year.

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#2

Palm Beach State College

Lake Worth, FL

The excellent basic certificate programs at Palm Beach State College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value practical nursing & nursing assistants schools in Florida. Located in the large suburb of Lake Worth, Palm Beach State College is a public school with a very large student population.

Palm Beach State College undergraduate students pay an average of $3,050 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Santa Fe College

Gainesville, FL

The excellent basic certificate programs at Santa Fe College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value practical nursing & nursing assistants schools in Florida. Santa Fe College is a large public school located in the suburb of Gainesville.

Santa Fe College undergraduate students pay an average of $2,563 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Indian River State College

Fort Pierce, FL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indian River State College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Florida list. Indian River State College is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Fort Pierce.

Indian River State College undergraduate students pay an average of $2,764 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Traviss Technical College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Florida list. Traviss Technical College is a small public school located in the rural area of Lakeland.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Traviss Technical College are $3,251 a year.

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#6

Chipola College

Marianna, FL

Chipola 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. Chipola is a small public school located in the distant town of Marianna.

Chipola undergraduate students pay an average of $3,120 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Saint Johns River State 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 #7 on the list. St. Johns River Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the distant town of Palatka.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at St. Johns River Community College are $2,830 a year.

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Daytona State College

Daytona Beach, FL

Daytona State 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 city of Daytona Beach, Daytona State College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Daytona State College are $3,106 per year.

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With a ranking of #9, Eastern Florida State College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for practical nursing & nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. EFSC is a large public school located in the city of Melbourne.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at EFSC are $2,791 per year.

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Compu-Med Vocational Careers Corp 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. Compu-Med Vocational Careers Corp is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Hialeah.

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Best Value Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
South Carolina 545
Georgia 2,432
Arkansas 2,094
North Carolina 940
West Virginia 465
Virginia 1,793
Louisiana 1,508
Tennessee 1,471
Alabama 1,586
Kentucky 4,114
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 31 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).

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