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2023 Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Wisconsin

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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. 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. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

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 Basic Certificate Schools in Wisconsin ranking. Our analysis looked at 16 schools in Wisconsin to see which basic certificate programs offered the best educational experiences 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 Wisconsin

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 Madison Area Technical College the best school in Wisconsin for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. Madison College is a large public school located in the city of Madison.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Moraine Park Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Wisconsin list. Located in the small city of Fond du Lac, Moraine Park Technical College is a public college with a small student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Fox Valley Technical College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Wisconsin list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Appleton, FVTC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Chippewa Valley Technical College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Wisconsin list. CVTC is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Eau Claire.

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Blackhawk Technical College

Janesville, WI

The excellent basic certificate programs at Blackhawk Technical College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best practical nursing and nursing assistants schools in Wisconsin. Located in the small suburb of Janesville, BTC is a public school with a small student population.

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Gateway Technical 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 #6 on the list. Located in the suburb of Kenosha, Gateway Technical College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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Northeast Wisconsin Technical 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 #7 on the list. Located in the midsize city of Green Bay, NWTC is a public college with a large student population.

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Waukesha County Technical College ranked #8 on this year’s Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Wisconsin list. WCTC is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Pewaukee.

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Western Technical College

La Crosse, WI

Western Technical 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 #9 on the list. Western Technical College is a small public school located in the small city of La Crosse.

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Northcentral Technical College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Wisconsin ranking. Located in the small city of Wausau, North Central Technical College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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

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State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 0
Ohio 0
Illinois 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 16 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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