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

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

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In 2021-2022, 85,339 practical nursing & nursing assistants students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #2 most popular in the country.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Most Popular Online Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Southwest 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.

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

#1

Arlington Career Institute

Grand Prairie, TX

Our analysis found Arlington Career Institute to be the most popular school for practical nursing & nursing assistants students who want to pursue an online basic certificate in the Southwest Region . Located in the suburb of Grand Prairie, Arlington Career Institute is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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

Full Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants at Arlington Career Institute Report

#2

Amarillo College

Amarillo, TX

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Amarillo College is a great place for practical nursing & nursing assistants students working on their online basic certificate. Amarillo College is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize city of Amarillo.

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 1,411
Texas 4,240
Oklahoma 2,054
New Mexico 424

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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