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2023 Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Maine

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$9,984 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$36,677 Avg Salary

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

In 2021-2022, 34 degrees and certificates were awarded to practical nursing & nursing assistants students who went to a Maine college or university. This makes it the #18 most popular major 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.

The Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Maine ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in Maine to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Maine

Check out the practical nursing undergraduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Maine Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Nursing & Nursing Assistants

Our 2023 rankings named Northern Maine Community College the best value school in Maine for practical nursing & nursing assistants students working on their undergraduate certificate. Northern Maine Community College is a fairly small public school located in the remote town of Presque Isle.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Northern Maine Community College are $3,730 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Northern Maine Community College is ranked #5 for overall quality for practical nursing in Maine.

Full Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants at Northern Maine Community College Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Maine College of Health Professions is a great value for practical nursing & nursing assistants students working on their undergraduate certificate. MCHP is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Lewiston.

MCHP undergraduate students pay an average of $16,238 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants at Maine College of Health Professions

Best Value Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 627
Connecticut 587
Rhode Island 227
New Hampshire 71
Vermont 147

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 2 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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