2023 Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
Finding the Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate 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.
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which nursing program is right 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. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Nursing Degree Search has developed this Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 13 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region 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 the Middle Atlantic Region
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 Best Care College the best school in the Middle Atlantic Region for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. Located in the suburb of East Orange, Best Care College is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.
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The excellent basic certificate programs at Polytech Adult Education helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best practical nursing and nursing assistants schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the rural area of Woodside, Polytech Adult Education is a public college with a fairly small student population.
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The excellent basic certificate programs at Access Careers helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best practical nursing and nursing assistants schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Access Careers is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Hempstead.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Lincoln Technical Institute - Moorestown. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Lincoln Tech - Moorestown is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Moorestown.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Lincoln Technical Institute - Paramus. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the suburb of Paramus, Lincoln Tech - Paramus is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.
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Monroe 2 Orleans BOCES-Center for Workforce Development came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. BOCES 2 CWD is a small public school located in the suburb of Rochester.
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Dawn Career Institute LLC landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best basic certificate practical nursing and nursing assistants programs. Dawn Career Institute is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Wilmington.
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Mercyhurst University 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 #8 on the list. Mercyhurst is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Erie.
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With a ranking of #9, Lincoln Technical Institute - Iselin did quite well on this year’s best schools for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. Lincoln Tech - Iselin is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Iselin.
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New Age Training 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 city of New York, New Age Training is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.
Request InformationBest Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges by State
Explore the best practical nursing and nursing assistants colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Pennsylvania | 97 |
New York | 0 |
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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 Majors Related to Practical Nursing
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Nursing | 322,592 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 13 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.