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2023 Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in Colorado

20 Colleges
$34,496 Avg Salary
$10,324 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants School for You

Today's nursing students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Nursing Degree Search has created the Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in Colorado to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 20 schools in Colorado to see which programs offered the best educational experiences for nursing students.

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2023 Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in Colorado

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

Top 10 Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Red Rocks Community College the best school in Colorado for practical nursing & nursing assistants students. Located in the medium-sized city of Lakewood, Red Rocks Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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The excellent programs at Concorde Career College - Aurora helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best practical nursing & nursing assistants schools in Colorado. Concorde Career College - Aurora is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large city of Aurora.

Practical Nursing majors at Concorde Career College - Aurora take out an average of $13,000 in student loans while working on their egree.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Technical College of the Rockies. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in Colorado list. Technical College of the Rockies is a small public school located in the rural area of Delta.

While working on their degree, practical nursing majors at Technical College of the Rockies accumulate an average of around $9,500 in student debt.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pima Medical Institute - Aurora. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in Colorado list. PMI Aurora is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Aurora.

Practical Nursing majors at PMI Aurora take out an average of $11,592 in student loans while working on their egree.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Emily Griffith Technical College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in Colorado list. Emily Griffith is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Denver.

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With a ranking of #6, Colorado Northwestern Community College did quite well on this year’s best schools for practical nursing & nursing assistants students. CNCC is a small public school located in the rural area of Rangely.

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Pickens Technical College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in Colorado list. Pickens Technical College is a small public school located in the city of Aurora.

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#8

Otero Junior College

La Junta, CO

Otero Junior College landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best practical nursing & nursing assistants programs. Otero JC is a small public school located in the town of La Junta.

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#9

Morgan Community College

Fort Morgan, CO

Morgan Community College ranked #9 on this year’s Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in Colorado list. Located in the remote town of Fort Morgan, Morgan Community College is a public college with a small student population.

The average amount in student loans that practical nursing majors at Morgan Community College take out is $6,500.

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Community College of Aurora did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for practical nursing & nursing assistants students. It came in at #10 on the list. CCA is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Aurora.

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Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Utah 2
Montana 0
Idaho 0

Practical Nursing Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training 45,031
Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant/Aide 35,655
Other Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants 4,653

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 319,502

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 20 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.

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