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2023 Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$8,780 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$41,222 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Associate Degree 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.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which nursing program is right for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking is one of many tools that Nursing Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 5 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for practical nursing students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

Check out the practical nursing associate degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Southeast Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Nursing & Nursing Assistants

Our 2023 rankings named SOWELA Technical Community College the best value school in the Southeast Region for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their associate degree. SOWELA is a small public school located in the small city of Lake Charles.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SOWELA are $4,265 per year.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Central Louisiana Technical Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value practical nursing and nursing assistants schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the small city of Alexandria, Central Louisiana Technical Community College is a public college with a small student population.

Central Louisiana Technical Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,098 in tuition and fees each year.

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#3

ATA College

Louisville, KY

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means ATA College is a great value for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their associate degree. Located in the large suburb of Louisville, ATA College is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at ATA College are $13,120 a year.

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#4

Arkansas Tech University

Russellville, AR

The excellent associate degree programs at Arkansas Tech University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value practical nursing and nursing assistants schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the town of Russellville, ATU is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

ATU undergraduate students pay an average of $13,636 in tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Remington College - Memphis Campus is a great value for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their associate degree. Remington College - Memphis Campus is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Memphis.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Remington College - Memphis Campus are $17,468 per year.

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Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges by State

Explore the best practical nursing and nursing assistants colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Alabama 15
Kentucky 47
Tennessee 14
Louisiana 21
Mississippi 0
Florida 0
Arkansas 31

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 5 schools only.

  • 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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