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2023 Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in New Mexico

11 Colleges
$25,047 Avg Salary
$10,411 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 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.

The Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in New Mexico ranking is one of many tools that Nursing Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 11 schools in New Mexico to see which ones offered the best programs for nursing students.

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2023 Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in New Mexico

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Top 10 Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Pima Medical Institute - Albuquerque the best school in New Mexico for practical nursing and nursing assistants students. Located in the city of Albuquerque, PMI Albuquerque is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

On average, practical nursing graduates from PMI Albuquerque take out $8,750 in student loans while working on their degree.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Clovis Community College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in New Mexico list. Located in the town of Clovis, Clovis Community College is a public school with a small student population.

The average amount in student loans that practical nursing majors at Clovis Community College take out is $10,122.

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Out of the 11 schools in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Carlsbad landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the rural area of Carlsbad, NMSU Carlsbad is a public college with a small student population.

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The excellent programs at New Mexico State University - Dona Ana helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best practical nursing and nursing assistants schools in New Mexico. Located in the rural area of Las Cruces, NMSU Dona Ana is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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The excellent programs at University of New Mexico - Gallup Campus helped the school earn the #5 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 college with a small student population.

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Santa Fe Community College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in New Mexico ranking. SFCC is a small public school located in the small suburb of Santa Fe.

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San Juan College

Farmington, NM

San Juan College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in New Mexico ranking. SJC is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Farmington.

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Central New Mexico Community College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in New Mexico ranking. CNM is a large public school located in the city of Albuquerque.

Practical Nursing majors at CNM take out an average of $8,250 in student loans while working on their egree.

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Brookline College - Albuquerque landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best practical nursing and nursing assistants programs. Brookline College - Albuquerque is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Albuquerque.

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New Mexico Junior College landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best practical nursing and nursing assistants programs. Located in the town of Hobbs, New Mexico Junior College 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 11 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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