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Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Louisiana

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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

9 Colleges
$4,254 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

In 2021-2022, practical nursing & nursing assistants students earned 1,508 degrees and certificates from a Louisiana school, making the subject the 3rd in the state.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country.

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 Louisiana to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in Louisiana 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 Louisiana

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

Best Louisiana Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Nursing & Nursing Assistants

Our analysis found Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College to be the best value school for practical nursing & nursing assistants students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Louisiana. Located in the rural area of Minden, NLTCC is a public school with a small student population.

NLTCC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,109 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northshore Technical Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Louisiana list. Located in the rural area of Lacombe, Northshore Technical College-Sullivan Main Campus is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Northshore Technical College-Sullivan Main Campus undergraduate students pay an average of $4,203 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Northshore Technical College-Sullivan Main Campus not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Louisiana list.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at Fletcher Technical Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value practical nursing & nursing assistants schools in Louisiana. Located in the rural area of Schriever, Fletcher Technical Community College is a public school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Fletcher Technical Community College are $4,119 per year.

Fletcher Technical Community College also made our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Louisiana list, coming in at #2.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at Louisiana Delta Community College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value practical nursing & nursing assistants schools in Louisiana. Located in the rural area of Monroe, LDCC is a public school with a small student population.

LDCC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,159 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

LDCC also took the #5 spot in our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Louisiana rankings.

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#5

Delgado Community College

New Orleans, LA

Out of the 9 schools in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Delgado Community College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of New Orleans, Delgado Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Delgado Community College are $4,679 per year.

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#6

Compass Career College

Hammond, LA

Compass Career College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Louisiana list. Located in the small suburb of Hammond, Compass Career College is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

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With a ranking of #6, Healthcare Training Institute did quite well on this year’s best value schools for practical nursing & nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. Healthcare Training Institute is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Kenner.

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With a ranking of #6, Learning Bridge Career Institute did quite well on this year’s best value schools for practical nursing & nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. Learning Bridge Career Institute is a small private for-profit school located in the midsize suburb of Houma.

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#6

Infinity College

Lafayette, LA

Infinity College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Louisiana ranking. Located in the medium-sized city of Lafayette, Infinity College is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

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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
Florida 4,163
Virginia 1,793
West Virginia 465
Tennessee 1,471
Alabama 1,586
Kentucky 4,114
Mississippi 1,030

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 9 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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