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Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

2023 Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

44 Colleges
$6,968 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

In 2021-2022, 85,339 practical nursing & nursing assistants students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #2 most popular in the country.

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 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 the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 44 schools in the Southwest Region 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 the Southwest Region

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 Clovis Community College the best value school in the Southwest Region for practical nursing & nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. Clovis Community College is a small public school located in the remote town of Clovis.

Clovis Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $3,224 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Alvin Community College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large suburb of Alvin, Alvin is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Alvin undergraduate students pay an average of $4,010 in tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Northeast Texas Community College

Mount Pleasant, TX

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northeast Texas Community College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the rural area of Mount Pleasant, NTCC is a public school with a small student population.

NTCC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,449 in tuition and fees each year.

NTCC excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of New Mexico - Gallup Campus is a great value for practical nursing & nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. UNM Gallup is a small public school located in the rural area of Gallup.

UNM Gallup undergraduate students pay an average of $5,422 in tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at GateWay Community College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value practical nursing & nursing assistants schools in the Southwest Region . GateWay Community College is a small public school located in the large city of Phoenix.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at GateWay Community College are $7,854 per year.

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#6

San Juan College

Farmington, NM

San Juan College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the small city of Farmington, SJC is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

SJC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,882 in tuition and fees each year.

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Southwest Texas Junior College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the remote town of Uvalde, Southwest Texas Junior College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Southwest Texas Junior College are $5,886 a year.

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#7

Kilgore College

Kilgore, TX

Kilgore College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Kilgore College is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Kilgore.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Kilgore College are $5,256 a year.

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Santa Fe Community 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 #9 on the list. Located in the small suburb of Santa Fe, SFCC is a public school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SFCC are $4,995 per year.

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Cochise County Community College District ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Cochise College is a small public school located in the small city of Sierra Vista.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Cochise College are $6,000 per year.

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Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges by State

Explore the best practical nursing & nursing assistants colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 1,411
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 44 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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