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2023 Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Illinois

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

Today's nursing students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Nursing Degree Search has created the Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 39 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best basic certificate programs for nursing students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Colleges.

Top 10 Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Career Center of Southern Illinois the best school in Illinois for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. Beck School of Practical Nursing is a fairly small public school located in the rural area of Red Bud.

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#2

Oakton Community College

Des Plaines, IL

The excellent basic certificate programs at Oakton Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best practical nursing and nursing assistants schools in Illinois. Oakton Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Des Plaines.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend William Rainey Harper College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Illinois list. Located in the suburb of Palatine, Harper College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#4

College of Lake County

Grayslake, IL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend College of Lake County. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Illinois list. College of Lake County is a large public school located in the large suburb of Grayslake.

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State Career College

Waukegan, IL

The excellent basic certificate programs at State Career College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best practical nursing and nursing assistants schools in Illinois. SCC is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Waukegan.

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Kaskaskia College

Centralia, IL

With a ranking of #6, Kaskaskia College did quite well on this year’s best schools for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. Kaskaskia College is a small public school located in the rural area of Centralia.

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With a ranking of #7, City Colleges of Chicago - Malcolm X College did quite well on this year’s best schools for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. Malcolm X College is a moderately-sized public school located in the large city of Chicago.

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With a ranking of #8, Lincoln Land Community College did quite well on this year’s best schools for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. LLCC is a small public school located in the midsize city of Springfield.

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Black Hawk College

Moline, IL

Black Hawk College landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best basic certificate practical nursing and nursing assistants programs. Located in the city of Moline, BHC is a public school with a small student population.

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Joliet Junior College

Joliet, IL

Joliet Junior College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for practical nursing and nursing assistants students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Joliet, Joliet Junior College is a public school with a large student population.

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Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 0
Ohio 0

Practical Nursing Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
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

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 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).

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