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2023 Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in New Mexico

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

It's not easy to decide which nursing program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

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 New Mexico to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 7 schools in New Mexico to see which ones offered the best basic certificate programs for nursing students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in New Mexico

The colleges and universities below are the best for practical nursing majors pursuing a basic certificate.

Top New Mexico Schools for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Nursing & Nursing Assistants

Our analysis found Clovis Community College to be the best school for practical nursing and nursing assistants students who want to pursue a basic certificate in New Mexico. Located in the remote town of Clovis, Clovis Community College is a public college with a small student population.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at University of New Mexico - Gallup Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best practical nursing and nursing assistants schools in New Mexico. Located in the rural area of Gallup, UNM Gallup is a public school with a small student population.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at Santa Fe Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best practical nursing and nursing assistants schools in New Mexico. SFCC is a small public school located in the small suburb of Santa Fe.

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San Juan College

Farmington, NM

The excellent basic certificate programs at San Juan College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best practical nursing and nursing assistants schools in New Mexico. SJC is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Farmington.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central New Mexico Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in New Mexico list. CNM is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Albuquerque.

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Brookline College - Albuquerque came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in New Mexico ranking. Brookline College - Albuquerque is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Albuquerque.

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With a ranking of #7, Eastern New Mexico University - Roswell Campus did quite well on this year’s best schools for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. Located in the remote town of Roswell, ENMU - Roswell Campus is a public college with a small student population.

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Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges in the Southwest Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 57
Texas 97
Oklahoma 57

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

Majors Similar to Practical Nursing

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 7 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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