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2023 Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Associate Degree Schools in Louisiana

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$4,182 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$41,222 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Associate Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, practical nursing and nursing assistants students earned 21 degrees and certificates from a Louisiana school, making the subject the 2nd in the state.

With all the nursing programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Nursing Degree Search has created the Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Associate Degree Schools in Louisiana to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in Louisiana 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Associate Degree Schools in Louisiana

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Associate Degree Colleges.

Best Louisiana Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Nursing & Nursing Assistants

Our 2023 rankings named SOWELA Technical Community College the best value school in Louisiana 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.

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

Read full report on Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants at SOWELA Technical Community College

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Central Louisiana Technical Community College is a great value for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their associate degree. Located in the small city of Alexandria, Central Louisiana Technical Community College is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Central Louisiana Technical Community College are $4,098 per year.

Read full report on Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants at Central Louisiana Technical Community College

Best Value Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Alabama 15
Kentucky 47
Tennessee 14
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

Majors Similar to Practical Nursing

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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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