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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

15 Colleges
$2,127 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants is one of the most popular subjects to study in Arizona. With 1,411 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, it ranked 6th out of all the majors we track in the state.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Arizona ranking. This report analyzed 15 schools in Arizona 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

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

Check out the practical nursing basic certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named GateWay Community College the best value school in Arizona for practical nursing & nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. GateWay Community College is a small public school located in the city of Phoenix.

GateWay Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $2,070 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, GateWay Community College is ranked #5 for overall quality for practical nursing in Arizona.

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#2

Eastern Arizona College

Thatcher, AZ

Out of the 15 schools in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Arizona College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the remote town of Thatcher, Eastern Arizona College is a public college with a small student population.

Eastern Arizona College undergraduate students pay an average of $2,232 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Eastern Arizona College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Arizona list.

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Out of the 15 schools in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, Mesa Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Mesa, Mesa Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Mesa Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $2,070 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 15 schools in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, Pima Community College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Pima County Community College District is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tucson.

Pima County Community College District undergraduate students pay an average of $2,298 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 15 schools in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, Cochise County Community College District landed the # 5 spot on the list. Cochise College is a small public school located in the small city of Sierra Vista.

Cochise College undergraduate students pay an average of $2,184 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Glendale Community College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Arizona list. Located in the suburb of Glendale, Glendale Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Glendale Community College are $2,070 a year.

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Arizona Western College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value basic certificate practical nursing & nursing assistants programs. Located in the small city of Yuma, AWC is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

AWC undergraduate students pay an average of $2,760 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#8

Yavapai College

Prescott, AZ

With a ranking of #8, Yavapai College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for practical nursing & nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. Yavapai College is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Prescott.

Yavapai College undergraduate students pay an average of $2,680 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Brookline College - Tempe ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Arizona list. Brookline College - Tempe is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Tempe.

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With a ranking of #9, Brookline College - Tucson did quite well on this year’s best value schools for practical nursing & nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. Located in the city of Tucson, Brookline College - Tucson is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 4,240
Oklahoma 2,054
New Mexico 424

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

Majors Similar to Practical Nursing

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 15 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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