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2023 Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Missouri

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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 Missouri ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Missouri 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 Missouri

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named Southeast Missouri Hospital College of Nursing and Health Sciences the best school in Missouri for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. Southeast Health is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cape Girardeau.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at Bolivar Technical College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best practical nursing and nursing assistants schools in Missouri. Bolivar Technical College is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Bolivar.

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Waynesville Career Center

Waynesville, MO

Out of the 4 schools in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Waynesville Career Center landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the remote town of Waynesville, Waynesville Technical Academy is a public school with a fairly small student population.

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Crowder College

Neosho, MO

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Crowder College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Missouri list. Crowder College is a small public school located in the town of Neosho.

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Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Minnesota 22
South Dakota 0
North Dakota 70
Nebraska 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 4 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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