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Most Popular Online Nursing & Nursing Assistants Trade Schools in the Far Western US Region

2023 Most Popular Online Nursing & Nursing Assistants Trade Schools in the Far Western US Region

4 Colleges
$40,989 Avg Salary
$16,762 Avg Student Debt

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.

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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Most Popular Online Nursing & Nursing Assistants Trade Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which online 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges.

Our analysis found Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts to be the most popular school for practical nursing & nursing assistants students who want to pursue an online degree in the Far Western US Region . Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts is a small private for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of San Mateo.

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#2

Unitek College

Fremont, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Unitek College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Nursing & Nursing Assistants Trade Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Unitek College is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Fremont.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Antelope Valley. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Online Nursing & Nursing Assistants Trade Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the large suburb of Lancaster, UAV is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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#3

National University

San Diego, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend National University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Nursing & Nursing Assistants Trade Schools in the Far Western US Region list. National University is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of San Diego.

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Explore the most popular online practical nursing & nursing assistants colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 649
California 8,037
Oregon 409
Nevada 622
Alaska 22
Hawaii 96

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 4 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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