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2023 Most Popular Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Trade Schools in North Carolina

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

In 2021-2022, practical nursing & nursing assistants students earned 940 degrees and certificates from a North Carolina school, making the subject the 10th in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which trade school program is right for you. 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 Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Trade Schools in North Carolina ranking. Our analysis looked at 24 schools in North Carolina 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Davidson County Community College the most popular school in North Carolina for practical nursing & nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. Located in the rural area of Thomasville, DCCC is a public school with a small student population.

About 98% of the students majoring in practical nursing at the school are women while 2% are male.

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Out of the 24 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Fayetteville Technical Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. FTCC is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Fayetteville.

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The in-demand basic certificate programs at Alamance Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular practical nursing & nursing assistants schools in North Carolina. Located in the rural area of Graham, ACC is a public college with a small student population.

Of the 4 students majoring in practical nursing at ACC, 25% are male and 75% are female.

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The in-demand basic certificate programs at Cleveland Community College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular practical nursing & nursing assistants schools in North Carolina. Cleveland Community College is a small public school located in the fringe town of Shelby.

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The in-demand basic certificate programs at Richmond Community College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular practical nursing & nursing assistants schools in North Carolina. Located in the distant town of Hamlet, Richmond Community College is a public school with a small student population.

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Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular basic certificate practical nursing & nursing assistants programs. Located in the suburb of Hudson, CCCTI is a public college with a small student population.

Women make up 80% of the practical nursing majors at the school.

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Wake Technical Community College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Trade Schools in North Carolina ranking. Located in the suburb of Raleigh, Wake Technical Community College is a public school with a very large student population.

Women make up 75% of the practical nursing majors at the school.

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Sandhills Community College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Trade Schools in North Carolina ranking. SCC is a small public school located in the rural area of Pinehurst.

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Halifax Community College landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular basic certificate practical nursing & nursing assistants programs. Halifax Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Weldon.

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#10

Gaston College

Dallas, NC

Gaston College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Trade Schools in North Carolina ranking. Located in the suburb of Dallas, Gaston College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

About 97% of the students majoring in practical nursing at the school are women while 3% are male.

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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
South Carolina 545
Georgia 2,432
Arkansas 2,094
Florida 4,163
West Virginia 465
Louisiana 1,508
Virginia 1,793
Alabama 1,586
Kentucky 4,114
Tennessee 1,471
Mississippi 1,030

Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants is one of 11 different types of trade school programs to choose from.

Practical Nursing Concentrations

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 24 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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