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Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in South Carolina

2023 Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in South Carolina

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$5,940 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

In 2021-2022, practical nursing & nursing assistants students earned 545 degrees and certificates from a South Carolina school, making the subject the 6th in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which trade school program is right for you. 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.

The Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in South Carolina ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in South Carolina 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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in South Carolina

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College the best value school in South Carolina for practical nursing & nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. Located in the rural area of Orangeburg, OCtech is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at OCtech are $5,954 per year.

OCtech also took the #5 spot in our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Trade Schools in South Carolina rankings.

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#2

York Technical College

Rock Hill, SC

Out of the 5 schools in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, York Technical College landed the # 2 spot on the list. York Technical College is a small public school located in the small city of Rock Hill.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at York Technical College are $5,882 a year.

Full Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants at York Technical College Report

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Horry-Georgetown Technical College is a great value for practical nursing & nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. Horry-Georgetown Technical College is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Conway.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Horry-Georgetown Technical College are $5,356 per year.

Full Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants at Horry-Georgetown Technical College Report

#4

Midlands Technical College

West Columbia, SC

The excellent basic certificate programs at Midlands Technical College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value practical nursing & nursing assistants schools in South Carolina. Located in the suburb of West Columbia, MTC is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

MTC undergraduate students pay an average of $5,916 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Central Carolina Technical College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in South Carolina list. Central Carolina is a small public school located in the small city of Sumter.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Central Carolina are $6,594 per year.

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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
Georgia 2,432
Arkansas 2,094
North Carolina 940
Florida 4,163
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 5 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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