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2023 Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Kentucky

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

16 Colleges
$4,503 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate School for You

Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants is one of the most popular subjects to study in Kentucky. With 47 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 2nd out of all the majors we track 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 Basic Certificate Schools in Kentucky to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 16 schools in Kentucky 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.

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.

Top 10 Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools

Our analysis found Jefferson Community and Technical College to be the best value school for practical nursing and nursing assistants students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Kentucky. Jefferson Community and Technical College is a large public school located in the large city of Louisville.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Jefferson Community and Technical College are $4,568 per year.

Jefferson Community and Technical College also made our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Kentucky list, coming in at #1.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Bluegrass Community and Technical College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Kentucky list. Bluegrass Community and Technical College is a moderately-sized public school located in the large city of Lexington.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Bluegrass Community and Technical College are $4,568 a year.

Bluegrass Community and Technical College also took the #2 spot in our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Kentucky rankings.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Gateway Community and Technical College is a great value for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. Gateway is a small public school located in the suburb of Florence.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Gateway are $4,568 per year.

Gateway not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Kentucky list.

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Madisonville Community College

Madisonville, KY

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Madisonville Community College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Kentucky list. Located in the rural area of Madisonville, Madisonville Community College is a public college with a small student population.

Madisonville Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,488 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Madisonville Community College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Kentucky list.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at West Kentucky Community and Technical College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value practical nursing and nursing assistants schools in Kentucky. West Kentucky Community and Technical College is a small public school located in the remote town of Paducah.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at West Kentucky Community and Technical College are $4,488 a year.

West Kentucky Community and Technical College also made our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Kentucky list, coming in at #5.

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Big Sandy Community and Technical College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Kentucky list. Located in the remote town of Prestonsburg, Big Sandy Community and Technical College is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Big Sandy Community and Technical College are $4,488 a year.

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Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Kentucky list. Southeast is a small public school located in the town of Cumberland.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Southeast are $4,488 per year.

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Maysville Community and Technical College landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value basic certificate practical nursing and nursing assistants programs. Maysville Community and Technical College is a small public school located in the rural area of Maysville.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Maysville Community and Technical College are $4,488 per year.

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Hopkinsville Community College

Hopkinsville, KY

Hopkinsville Community College ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Kentucky list. Located in the town of Hopkinsville, Hopkinsville Community College is a public school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Hopkinsville Community College are $4,488 per year.

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With a ranking of #10, Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. Located in the small city of Bowling Green, SKYCTC is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SKYCTC are $4,488 per year.

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
Alabama 15
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

Majors Similar to Practical Nursing

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 16 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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