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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

9 Colleges
$4,106 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Nursing Degree Search has developed this Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Louisiana ranking. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in Louisiana 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.

Best Louisiana Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Nursing & Nursing Assistants

Our 2023 rankings named Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College the best value school in Louisiana for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. Located in the rural area of Minden, NLTCC is a public school with a fairly small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at NLTCC are $4,109 a year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Northshore Technical Community College is a great value for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. Located in the rural area of Bogalusa, Northshore Technical College-Sullivan Main Campus is a public college with a small student population.

Northshore Technical College-Sullivan Main Campus undergraduate students pay an average of $4,203 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Northshore Technical College-Sullivan Main Campus also took the #1 spot in our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Louisiana rankings.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at Fletcher Technical Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value practical nursing and nursing assistants schools in Louisiana. Located in the rural area of Schriever, Fletcher Technical Community College is a public school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Fletcher Technical Community College are $3,981 per year.

Fletcher Technical Community College also took the #3 spot in our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Louisiana rankings.

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Out of the 9 schools in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Louisiana Delta Community College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the rural area of Monroe, LDCC is a public college with a small student population.

LDCC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,159 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

LDCC also took the #2 spot in our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Louisiana rankings.

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#5

Delgado Community College

New Orleans, LA

Out of the 9 schools in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Delgado Community College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of New Orleans, Delgado Community College is a public school with a large student population.

Delgado Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,079 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Delgado Community College also took the #4 spot in our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Louisiana rankings.

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Learning Bridge Career Institute did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for practical nursing and nursing assistants students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Learning Bridge Career Institute is a small private for-profit school located in the medium-sized suburb of Houma.

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#6

Compass Career College

Hammond, LA

Compass Career College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value basic certificate practical nursing and nursing assistants programs. Located in the suburb of Hammond, Compass Career College is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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Infinity College

Lafayette, LA

With a ranking of #6, Infinity 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 midsize city of Lafayette, Infinity College is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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With a ranking of #6, Healthcare Training Institute did quite well on this year’s best value schools for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. Healthcare Training Institute is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Kenner.

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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 9 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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