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2023 Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

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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.

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 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 Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 44 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best basic certificate 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 Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

Check out the practical nursing basic certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top 10 Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools

#1

Texas Health School

Houston, TX

Our analysis found Texas Health School to be the best school for practical nursing and nursing assistants students who want to pursue a basic certificate in the Southwest Region . Texas Health School is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Houston.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Autry Technology Center. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Autry Technology Center is a small public school located in the remote town of Enid.

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#3

Pioneer Technology Center

Ponca City, OK

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Pioneer Technology Center. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Pioneer Technology Center is a small public school located in the remote town of Ponca City.

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Out of the 44 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Regional Center for Border Health landed the # 4 spot on the list. Regional Center for Border Health is a small private not-for-profit school located in the fringe town of Yuma.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Valley Institute of Technology. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. EVIT is a small public school located in the large city of Mesa.

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With a ranking of #6, Kiamichi Technology Center-McAlester did quite well on this year’s best schools for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. KTC McAlester is a fairly small public school located in the town of McAlester.

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#7

Northeast Texas Community College

Mount Pleasant, TX

Northeast Texas Community College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best basic certificate practical nursing and nursing assistants programs. Located in the rural area of Mount Pleasant, NTCC is a public college with a small student population.

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

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Pontotoc Technology Center landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best basic certificate practical nursing and nursing assistants programs. Pontotoc Technology Center is a fairly small public school located in the rural area of Ada.

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Southern Oklahoma Technology Center 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. Southern Tech is a fairly small public school located in the rural area of Ardmore.

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Best 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
Arizona 57
Texas 97
New Mexico 0
Oklahoma 57

Practical Nursing Focus Areas

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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