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2023 Most Popular Nursing & Nursing Assistants Associate Degree Trade Schools in Louisiana

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$41,121 Avg Salary
$14,988 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Associate Degree School for You

In 2021-2022, practical nursing & nursing assistants students earned 1,508 degrees and certificates from a Louisiana school, making the subject the 3rd in the state.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Most Popular Nursing & Nursing Assistants Associate Degree Trade Schools in Louisiana ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Louisiana to see which associate degree programs were the most popular for trade school students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Associate Degree Colleges.

Our analysis found SOWELA Technical Community College to be the most popular school for practical nursing & nursing assistants students who want to pursue a associate degree in Louisiana. SOWELA is a small public school located in the city of Lake Charles.

Women make up 89% of the practical nursing majors at the school.

Full Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants at SOWELA Technical Community College Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Central Louisiana Technical Community College is a great place for practical nursing & nursing assistants students working on their associate degree. Located in the city of Alexandria, Central Louisiana Technical Community College is a public school with a small student population.

About 83% of the students majoring in practical nursing at the school are women while 17% are male.

Full Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants at Central Louisiana Technical Community College Report

Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

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

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 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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