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

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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 962 degrees and certificates from a Missouri school, making the subject the 4th in the state.

With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses.

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 Missouri to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Missouri 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 Southeast Missouri Hospital College of Nursing and Health Sciences the most popular school in Missouri for practical nursing & nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. Southeast Health is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Cape Girardeau.

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#2

Crowder College

Neosho, MO

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Crowder College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Missouri list. Crowder College is a small public school located in the town of Neosho.

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Out of the 6 schools in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Bolivar Technical College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Bolivar Technical College is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Bolivar.

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#3

Waynesville Career Center

Waynesville, MO

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Waynesville Career Center. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Missouri list. Located in the remote town of Waynesville, Waynesville Technical Academy is a public school with a small student population.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means State Fair Community College is a great place for practical nursing & nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. State Fair Community College is a small public school located in the town of Sedalia.

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Out of the 6 schools in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Lex La-Ray Technical Center landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the distant town of Lexington, LLRTC is a public college with a small student population.

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Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Most Popular Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 3,821
Minnesota 2,176
South Dakota 245
Iowa 1,762
North Dakota 256
Nebraska 346

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

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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