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

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

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$36,677 Avg Salary
$12,109 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 Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. This report analyzed 1 school in the Far Western US Region offering online undergraduate 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 undergraduate certificate programs at this school if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Far Western US Region .

Our 2023 rankings named Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts the most popular online school in the Far Western US Region for practical nursing & nursing assistants students working on their undergraduate certificate. Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts is a small private for-profit school located in the midsize city of San Mateo.

Of the 559 students majoring in practical nursing at Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts, 12% are male and 88% are female.

After completing their Undergraduate Certificate, practical nursing graduates from Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts carry an average student debtload of $15,315. For students who choose a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly student loan payment is $181.

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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 values are for the top school 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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