2023 Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
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.
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for nursing students. 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.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Nursing Degree Search has created its Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Southwest 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.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Nursing & Nursing Assistants
Our 2023 rankings named Del Mar College the best value school in the Southwest Region for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their associate degree. DMC is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Corpus Christi.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at DMC are $5,930 per year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, DMC also did well on our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Platt College - Tulsa. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Platt College - Tulsa is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Tulsa.
Practical Nursing majors at Platt College - Tulsa take out an average of $26,844 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.
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Out of the 3 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Oklahoma College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Central Oklahoma College is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large city of Oklahoma City.
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Request InformationBest Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges by State
Explore the best practical nursing and nursing assistants colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Arizona | 57 |
| Texas | 97 |
| New Mexico | 0 |
| Oklahoma | 57 |
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Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Related Majors for Practical Nursing
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 |
Most Popular Related Majors
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Nursing | 322,592 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 3 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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