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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.

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

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

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 large public school located in the medium-sized city of Tallahassee.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Tallahassee Community College are $2,026 per 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 college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Palm Beach State College are $3,050 a year.

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#3

Santa Fe College

Gainesville, FL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Santa Fe College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Florida list. Santa Fe College is a large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Gainesville.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Santa Fe College are $2,563 per year.

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#4

Indian River State College

Fort Pierce, FL

Out of the 31 schools in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Indian River State College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Indian River State College is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Fort Pierce.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Indian River State College are $2,764 per year.

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Out of the 31 schools in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Traviss Technical College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Traviss Technical College is a small public school located in the rural area of Lakeland.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Traviss Technical College are $3,251 per year.

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#6

Chipola College

Marianna, FL

Chipola College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Florida ranking. Chipola is a small public school located in the distant town of Marianna.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Chipola are $3,120 per year.

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Saint Johns River State College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value basic certificate practical nursing & nursing assistants programs. St. Johns River Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the distant town of Palatka.

St. Johns River Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $2,830 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#8

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

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Daytona State College are $3,106 a year.

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Eastern Florida State College ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Florida list. EFSC is a fairly 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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With a ranking of #10, Compu-Med Vocational Careers Corp did quite well on this year’s best value schools for practical nursing & nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. Compu-Med Vocational Careers Corp is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large 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 Colleges 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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