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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 2023 rankings named Lamar State College - Port Arthur the best value school in Texas for practical nursing & nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. Located in the city of Port Arthur, Lamar State College - Port Arthur is a public college with a small student population.

Lamar State College - Port Arthur undergraduate students pay an average of $1,770 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 Alvin Community College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Texas list. Located in the suburb of Alvin, Alvin is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Alvin are $2,834 a year.

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#3

Northeast Texas Community College

Mount Pleasant, TX

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Northeast Texas Community College is a great value for practical nursing & nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. Located in the rural area of Mount Pleasant, NTCC is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at NTCC are $5,009 a 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

The excellent basic certificate programs at South Texas College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value practical nursing & nursing assistants schools in Texas. Located in the medium-sized city of McAllen, South Texas College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at South Texas College are $4,530 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southwest Texas Junior College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Texas list. Located in the town of Uvalde, Southwest Texas Junior College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Southwest Texas Junior College are $4,062 a year.

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#6

Kilgore College

Kilgore, TX

Kilgore 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 #6 on the list. Kilgore College is a medium-sized public school located in the 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 came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Texas ranking. Located in the distant town of Athens, TVCC is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at TVCC are $4,920 per year.

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#8

St Philip's College

San Antonio, TX

With a ranking of #8, St Philip’s College 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 San Antonio, St Philip's College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at St Philip’s College are $6,742 per year.

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#9

South Texas Training Center

San Benito, TX

With a ranking of #9, South Texas Training Center did quite well on this year’s best value schools for practical nursing & nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. South Texas Training Center is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of San Benito.

South Texas Training Center undergraduate students pay an average of $12,400 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#10

Texas Health School

Houston, TX

Texas Health School came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Texas ranking. Texas Health School is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the 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 Colleges 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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