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Most Popular Online Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Southeast Region

2023 Most Popular Online Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Southeast Region

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With 85,339 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, practical nursing & nursing assistants is the #2 most popular major in the United States.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for trade school students. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country.

The Most Popular Online Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Southeast Region 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 the Southeast Region to see which ones were the most popular online basic certificate programs for trade school students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Check out the online practical nursing basic certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Southeast Region .

Our 2023 rankings named Central Georgia Technical College the most popular online school in the Southeast Region for practical nursing & nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. Located in the small city of Warner Robins, CGTC is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Women make up 93% of the practical nursing majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Jefferson Community and Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Louisville, Jefferson Community and Technical College is a public college with a large student population.

Of the 236 students majoring in practical nursing at Jefferson Community and Technical College, 15% are male and 85% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Piedmont Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Southeast Region list. South Piedmont Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Polkton.

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The in-demand online basic certificate programs at Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best practical nursing & nursing assistants schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the distant town of Cumberland, Southeast is a public college with a small student population.

Of the 108 students majoring in practical nursing at Southeast, 14% are male and 86% are female.

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The in-demand online basic certificate programs at Rasmussen University - Florida helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best practical nursing & nursing assistants schools in the Southeast Region . Rasmussen University - Florida is a moderately-sized private for-profit school located in the city of Ocala.

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Explore the most popular online practical nursing & nursing assistants schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
South Carolina 545
Georgia 2,432
Arkansas 2,094
North Carolina 940
Florida 4,163
West Virginia 465
Louisiana 1,508
Virginia 1,793
Alabama 1,586
Kentucky 4,114
Tennessee 1,471
Mississippi 1,030

Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants is one of 11 different types of trade school programs to choose from.

Practical Nursing Concentrations

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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