2023 Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
Finding the Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Associate Degree School for You
With 84,274 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, practical nursing and nursing assistants is the #2 most popular major in the United States.
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for nursing students. 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. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Nursing Degree Search has created its Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best associate degree programs for nursing students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school is, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.
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2023 Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
Check out the practical nursing associate degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.
Top Southwest Region Schools for an Associate in Nursing & Nursing Assistants
Our 2023 rankings named Platt College - Tulsa the best school in the Southwest Region for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their associate degree. Platt College - Tulsa is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the city of Tulsa.
Practical Nursing majors at Platt College - Tulsa take out an average of $26,844 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.
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The excellent associate degree programs at Del Mar College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best practical nursing and nursing assistants schools in the Southwest Region . DMC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Corpus Christi.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Central Oklahoma College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Central Oklahoma College is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the city of Oklahoma City.
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Request InformationBest Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges by State
Explore the best practical nursing and nursing assistants schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Arizona | 57 |
Texas | 97 |
New Mexico | 0 |
Oklahoma | 57 |
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Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Related Rankings by Major
Practical Nursing Focus Areas
Major | Annual Graduates |
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Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training | 44,900 |
Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant/Aide | 34,557 |
Other Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants | 4,817 |
Most Popular Related Majors
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Nursing | 322,592 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- 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.