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2023 Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in New Mexico

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

7 Colleges
$2,147 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 New Mexico. With 424 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, it ranked 5th out of all the majors we track in the state.

There are so many trade school programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house.

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 New Mexico ranking. This report analyzed 7 schools in New Mexico 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. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees 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 New Mexico

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

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

Our analysis found Clovis Community College to be the best value school for practical nursing & nursing assistants students who want to pursue a basic certificate in New Mexico. Clovis Community College is a small public school located in the town of Clovis.

Clovis Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $1,736 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Clovis Community College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Trade Schools in New Mexico list.

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#2

San Juan College

Farmington, NM

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means San Juan College is a great value for practical nursing & nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. Located in the small city of Farmington, SJC is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

SJC undergraduate students pay an average of $1,714 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central New Mexico Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in New Mexico list. Located in the large city of Albuquerque, CNM is a public school with a fairly large student population.

CNM undergraduate students pay an average of $1,858 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Gallup Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in New Mexico list. UNM Gallup is a small public school located in the rural area of Gallup.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UNM Gallup are $2,646 a year.

UNM Gallup not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Trade Schools in New Mexico list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Santa Fe Community College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in New Mexico list. Located in the small suburb of Santa Fe, SFCC is a public college with a small student population.

SFCC undergraduate students pay an average of $2,505 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, SFCC is ranked #5 for overall quality for practical nursing in New Mexico.

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Eastern New Mexico University - Roswell Campus ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in New Mexico list. ENMU - Roswell Campus is a small public school located in the town of Roswell.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at ENMU - Roswell Campus are $2,424 a year.

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Brookline College - Albuquerque ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in New Mexico list. Located in the large city of Albuquerque, Brookline College - Albuquerque 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
Arizona 1,411
Texas 4,240
Oklahoma 2,054

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 7 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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