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2023 Most Popular Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Mississippi

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

Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants is one of the most popular subjects to study in Mississippi. With 1,030 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, it ranked 2nd out of all the majors we track in the state.

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Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Most Popular Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Mississippi to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Mississippi 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.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for practical nursing majors pursuing a basic certificate.

Our 2023 rankings named Northwest Mississippi Community College the most popular school in Mississippi for practical nursing & nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. NWCC is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Senatobia.

About 94% of the students majoring in practical nursing at the school are women while 6% are male.

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#2

Jones County Junior College

Ellisville, MS

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Jones County Junior College is a great place for practical nursing & nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. Located in the distant town of Ellisville, Jones County Junior College is a public school with a small student population.

Women make up 93% of the practical nursing majors at the school.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Meridian Community College is a great place for practical nursing & nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. Located in the town of Meridian, MCC is a public college with a small student population.

Women make up 95% of the practical nursing majors at the school.

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#4

Hinds Community College

Raymond, MS

Out of the 6 schools in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, Hinds Community College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Hinds Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Raymond.

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Out of the 6 schools in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, Southwest Mississippi Community College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the remote town of Summit, SMCC is a public college with a small student population.

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With a ranking of #6, Mississippi Delta Community College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for practical nursing & nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. Mississippi Delta Community College is a small public school located in the town of Moorhead.

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Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools 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
Louisiana 1,508
Virginia 1,793
Alabama 1,586
Kentucky 4,114
Tennessee 1,471

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

Majors Similar to Practical Nursing

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 6 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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