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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

14 Colleges
$4,968 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

There are so many nursing programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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.

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 Kansas to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 14 schools in Kansas to see which ones offered the best value basic certificate 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

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

Top 10 Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools

#1

Johnson County Community College

Overland Park, KS

Our 2023 rankings named Johnson County Community College the best value school in Kansas for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. JCCC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Overland Park.

JCCC undergraduate students pay an average of $2,688 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kansas City Kansas Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Kansas list. Kansas City Kansas Community College is a small public school located in the midsize city of Kansas City.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Kansas City Kansas Community College are $3,300 a year.

Kansas City Kansas Community College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Kansas list.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at Hutchinson 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 Kansas. Located in the town of Hutchinson, Hutchinson Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Hutchinson Community College are $3,540 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Hutchinson Community College is ranked #5 for overall quality for practical nursing in Kansas.

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#4

Garden City Community College

Garden City, KS

The excellent basic certificate programs at Garden City Community College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value practical nursing and nursing assistants schools in Kansas. Located in the remote town of Garden City, Garden City Community College is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Garden City Community College are $3,450 a year.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at Neosho County Community College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value practical nursing and nursing assistants schools in Kansas. Located in the remote town of Chanute, Neosho County Community College is a public school with a small student population.

Neosho County Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,000 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #6, Seward County Community College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. SCCC is a small public school located in the remote town of Liberal.

SCCC undergraduate students pay an average of $3,648 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Barton County Community College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value basic certificate practical nursing and nursing assistants programs. Barton Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Great Bend.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Barton Community College are $3,776 a year.

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Dodge City Community College landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value basic certificate practical nursing and nursing assistants programs. Located in the remote town of Dodge City, Dodge City Community College is a public school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Dodge City Community College are $4,470 per year.

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With a ranking of #9, Colby Community 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 town of Colby, Colby Community College is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Colby Community College are $4,013 per year.

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Washburn Institute of Technology came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Kansas ranking. Washburn Tech is a small public school located in the city of Topeka.

Washburn Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $8,323 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges in the Plains States Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Minnesota 22
South Dakota 0
North Dakota 70
Nebraska 0

Practical Nursing Concentrations

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 14 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).

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