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2023 Most Popular Online Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Trade Schools

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In 2021-2022, 85,339 practical nursing & nursing assistants students received their degrees and certificates, making the major the #2 most popular in the country.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Most Popular Online Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Trade Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 18 schools in the United States to see which online basic certificate programs were the most popular for trade school students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for practical nursing majors pursuing an online basic certificate.

Our analysis found Highland Community College to be the most popular school for practical nursing & nursing assistants students who want to pursue an online basic certificate in the United States. Highland Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Highland.

Women make up 92% of the practical nursing majors at the school.

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The in-demand online basic certificate programs at Central Georgia Technical College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best practical nursing & nursing assistants schools in the United States. CGTC is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Warner Robins.

Of the 168 students majoring in practical nursing at CGTC, 7% are male and 93% are female.

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Arlington Career Institute

Grand Prairie, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arlington Career Institute. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Trade Schools list. Located in the large suburb of Grand Prairie, Arlington Career Institute is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

About 93% of the students majoring in practical nursing at the school are women while 7% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Allen County Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Trade Schools list. Allen Community College is a small public school located in the remote town of Iola.

About 85% of the students majoring in practical nursing at the school are women while 15% are male.

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#5

Century College

White Bear Lake, MN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Century College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Trade Schools list. Century College is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of White Bear Lake.

About 94% of the students majoring in practical nursing at the school are women while 6% are male.

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With a ranking of #6, Jefferson Community and Technical College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for practical nursing & nursing assistants students working on their online basic certificate. Jefferson Community and Technical College is a fairly large public school located in the city of Louisville.

About 85% of the students majoring in practical nursing at the school are women while 15% are male.

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With a ranking of #7, Lake Area Technical Institute did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for practical nursing & nursing assistants students working on their online basic certificate. Located in the remote town of Watertown, LATI is a public school with a small student population.

Women make up 81% of the practical nursing majors at the school.

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South Piedmont Community College ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Online Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Trade Schools list. Located in the rural area of Polkton, South Piedmont Community College is a public school with a small student population.

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State Fair Community College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Trade Schools ranking. Located in the remote town of Sedalia, State Fair Community College is a public school with a small student population.

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Rasmussen University - Kansas ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Online Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Trade Schools list. Located in the rural area of Topeka, Rasmussen University - Kansas is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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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 18 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).

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