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2023 Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

13 Colleges
$22,278 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate 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. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Nursing Degree Search has created the Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 13 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which basic certificate programs offered the best value experiences for practical nursing students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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.

Top 10 Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Allegany College of Maryland the best value school in the Middle Atlantic Region for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. Located in the city of Cumberland, Allegany College of Maryland is a public college with a small student population.

Allegany College of Maryland undergraduate students pay an average of $10,280 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Allegany College of Maryland is ranked #2 for overall quality for practical nursing in the Middle Atlantic Region .

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Mildred Elley Albany

Albany, NY

Out of the 13 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Mildred Elley Albany landed the # 2 spot on the list. Mildred Elley Albany is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the small city of Albany.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Mildred Elley Albany are $13,873 per year.

Mildred Elley Albany also made our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list, coming in at #4.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mercyhurst University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Mercyhurst is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Erie.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Mercyhurst are $42,680 per year.

Mercyhurst did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

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#4

Access Careers

Hempstead, NY

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Access Careers. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Access Careers is a small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Hempstead.

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#4

Erie 1 BOCES

West Seneca, NY

Out of the 13 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Erie 1 BOCES landed the # 4 spot on the list. Erie 1 BOCES is a fairly small public school located in the large suburb of West Seneca.

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#4

New Age Training

New York, NY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Age Training. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the city of New York, New Age Training is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lincoln Technical Institute - Paramus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the large suburb of Paramus, Lincoln Tech - Paramus is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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#4

Dawn Career Institute LLC

Wilmington, DE

Out of the 13 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Dawn Career Institute LLC landed the # 4 spot on the list. Dawn Career Institute is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Wilmington.

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Polytech Adult Education

Woodside, DE

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Polytech Adult Education. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the rural area of Woodside, Polytech Adult Education is a public school with a fairly small student population.

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#4

Best Care College

East Orange, NJ

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Best Care College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the suburb of East Orange, Best Care College is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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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 Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 97
New York 0

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 13 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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