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Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Texas

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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

12 Colleges
$5,147 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 Texas. With 4,240 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. 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 Texas to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 12 schools in Texas 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 Texas

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 analysis found Lamar State College - Port Arthur to be the best value school for practical nursing & nursing assistants students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Texas. Located in the city of Port Arthur, Lamar State College - Port Arthur is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Lamar State College - Port Arthur are $1,770 a year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Alvin Community College is a great value for practical nursing & nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. Located in the large suburb of Alvin, Alvin is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Alvin undergraduate students pay an average of $2,834 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Northeast Texas Community College

Mount Pleasant, TX

Out of the 12 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeast Texas Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the rural area of Mount Pleasant, NTCC is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NTCC are $5,009 per year.

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

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#4

South Texas College

McAllen, TX

Out of the 12 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, South Texas College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of McAllen, South Texas College is a public college with a very large student population.

South Texas College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,530 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 12 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Southwest Texas Junior College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the town of Uvalde, Southwest Texas Junior College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Southwest Texas Junior College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,062 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#6

Kilgore College

Kilgore, TX

Kilgore College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value basic certificate practical nursing & nursing assistants programs. Kilgore College is a moderately-sized public school located in the fringe town of Kilgore.

Kilgore College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,056 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Trinity Valley 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 #7 on the list. Located in the distant town of Athens, TVCC is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at TVCC are $4,920 a year.

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#8

St Philip's College

San Antonio, TX

St Philip’s 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 #8 on the list. Located in the city of San Antonio, St Philip's College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

St Philip’s College undergraduate students pay an average of $6,742 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#9

South Texas Training Center

San Benito, TX

South Texas Training Center came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Texas ranking. South Texas Training Center is a small private for-profit school located in the midsize suburb of San Benito.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at South Texas Training Center are $12,400 a year.

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#10

Texas Health School

Houston, TX

With a ranking of #10, Texas Health School did quite well on this year’s best value schools for practical nursing & nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. Texas Health School is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large city of Houston.

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 1,411
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 12 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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