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Most Popular Online Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Minnesota

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

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Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants is the most popular major in Minnesota with 2,176 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Minnesota ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Minnesota 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 Minnesota.

#1

Century College

White Bear Lake, MN

Our 2023 rankings named Century College the most popular online school in Minnesota for practical nursing & nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. Century College is a moderately-sized public school located in the 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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#2

Ridgewater College

Willmar, MN

Out of the 3 online programs at schools in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Ridgewater College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Ridgewater College is a small public school located in the town of Willmar.

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The in-demand online basic certificate programs at Rasmussen University - Minnesota helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best practical nursing & nursing assistants schools in Minnesota. Located in the city of St. Cloud, Rasmussen University - Minnesota is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

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Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Most Popular Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 3,821
Missouri 962
South Dakota 245
Iowa 1,762
North Dakota 256
Nebraska 346

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 3 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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