Find Trade Colleges

Most Popular Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the New England Region

2023 Most Popular Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the New England Region

8 Colleges

Finding the Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate School for You

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. 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 Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the New England Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in the New England Region to see which basic certificate 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.

Check out the practical nursing basic certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the New England Region .

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American Institute of Healthcare & Technology. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the large suburb of Stratford, AIHT Education is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

Read full report on Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants at American Institute of Healthcare & Technology

The in-demand basic certificate programs at Bunker Hill Community College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular practical nursing & nursing assistants schools in the New England Region . BHCC is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Boston.

Read full report on Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants at Bunker Hill Community College

Quinsigamond Community College ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the New England Region list. Quinsigamond Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Worcester.

Full Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants at Quinsigamond Community College Report

Lincoln Technical Institute - Shelton ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the large suburb of Shelton, Lincoln Tech - Shelton is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

Full Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants at Lincoln Technical Institute - Shelton Report

Middlesex Community College ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the large suburb of Bedford, Middlesex Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Read More…

Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges by State

Explore the best practical nursing & nursing assistants colleges for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 627
Maine 34
Connecticut 587
Rhode Island 227
New Hampshire 71
Vermont 147

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 8 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.

Featured Schools

Find Trade Schools Near You

Our free school finder matches students with accredited trade schools across the U.S.