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Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Kansas

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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

14 Colleges
$5,137 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants is the most popular major in Kansas with 3,821 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience.

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 Kansas ranking. Our analysis looked at 14 schools in Kansas to see which basic certificate programs offered the best value experiences for practical nursing students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 Kansas

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

#1

Johnson County Community College

Overland Park, KS

Our 2023 rankings named Johnson County Community College the best value school in Kansas for practical nursing & nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. Located in the city of Overland Park, JCCC is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at JCCC are $2,784 a year.

JCCC also took the #4 spot in our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Kansas rankings.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Kansas City Kansas Community College is a great value for practical nursing & nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. Located in the city of Kansas City, Kansas City Kansas Community College is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Kansas City Kansas Community College are $3,164 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hutchinson Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Kansas list. Hutchinson Community College is a small public school located in the town of Hutchinson.

Hutchinson Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $3,600 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Hutchinson Community College also made our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Kansas list, coming in at #3.

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#4

Garden City Community College

Garden City, KS

Out of the 14 schools in Kansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Garden City Community College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Garden City Community College is a small public school located in the town of Garden City.

Garden City Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $3,540 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Neosho County Community College is a great value for practical nursing & nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. Neosho County Community College is a small public school located in the remote town of Chanute.

Neosho County Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,416 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #6, Seward County Community 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 town of Liberal, SCCC is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at SCCC are $3,744 a year.

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Barton County Community College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Kansas list. Located in the rural area of Great Bend, Barton Community College is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Barton Community College are $3,840 a year.

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Dodge City 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 #8 on the list. Dodge City Community College is a small public school located in the town of Dodge City.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Dodge City Community College are $4,530 per year.

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Colby Community College ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Kansas list. Colby Community College is a small public school located in the remote town of Colby.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Colby Community College are $4,114 per year.

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Washburn Institute of Technology 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 #10 on the list. Located in the city of Topeka, Washburn Tech is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Washburn Tech are $8,640 per year.

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Best Value Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 962
Minnesota 2,176
South Dakota 245
Iowa 1,762
North Dakota 256
Nebraska 346

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 14 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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