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Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in New Mexico

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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$1,966 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$36,677 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate 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.

The Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in New Mexico ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 5 schools in New Mexico 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.

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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in New Mexico

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

Best New Mexico Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years 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 undergraduate certificate in New Mexico. Clovis Community College is a small public school located in the town of Clovis.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Clovis Community College are $1,736 per year. After completing their Undergraduate Certificate, practical nursing graduates from Clovis Community College carry an average student debtload of $8,798.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Clovis Community College is ranked #2 for overall quality for practical nursing in New Mexico.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means New Mexico State University - Carlsbad is a great value for practical nursing & nursing assistants students working on their undergraduate certificate. NMSU Carlsbad is a small public school located in the rural area of Carlsbad.

NMSU Carlsbad undergraduate students pay an average of $1,968 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means New Mexico State University - Dona Ana is a great value for practical nursing & nursing assistants students working on their undergraduate certificate. NMSU Dona Ana is a medium-sized public school located in the rural area of Las Cruces.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NMSU Dona Ana are $2,238 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, NMSU Dona Ana is ranked #4 for overall quality for practical nursing in New Mexico.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means New Mexico Junior College is a great value for practical nursing & nursing assistants students working on their undergraduate certificate. New Mexico Junior College is a small public school located in the remote town of Hobbs.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at New Mexico Junior College are $1,920 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Pima Medical Institute - Albuquerque. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in New Mexico list. PMI Albuquerque is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Albuquerque.

After completing their Undergraduate Certificate, practical nursing graduates from PMI Albuquerque carry an average student debtload of $9,308.

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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 5 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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