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2023 Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in Maryland

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

10 Colleges
$6,981 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$43,577 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants School for You

It's not easy to decide which nursing program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Schools in Maryland to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 10 schools in Maryland to see which 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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in Maryland

Check out the practical nursing programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools

$3,314 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Baltimore City Community College the best value school in Maryland for practical nursing and nursing assistants students. Baltimore City Community College is a small public school located in the large city of Baltimore.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Baltimore City Community College are $3,314 a year.

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$6,390 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Hagerstown Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best practical nursing and nursing assistants schools in Maryland. HCC is a small public school located in the suburb of Hagerstown.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at HCC are $6,390 a year. Practical Nursing majors at HCC take out an average of $16,500 in student loans while working on their egree.

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#3

Wor-Wic Community College

Salisbury, MD
$6,720 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Wor-Wic Community College is a great value for practical nursing and nursing assistants students. Wor-Wic Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Salisbury.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Wor-Wic Community College are $6,720 per year. After completing their degree, practical nursing graduates from Wor-Wic Community College carry an average student debtload of $11,987.

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$6,918 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Community College of Baltimore County. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in Maryland list. CCBC is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Baltimore.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CCBC are $6,918 per year. The average amount in student loans that practical nursing majors at CCBC take out is $18,537.

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#5

Howard Community College

Columbia, MD
$7,380 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Howard Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in Maryland list. Located in the city of Columbia, HCC is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at HCC are $7,380 a year.

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$7,050 Average Tuition & Fees

College of Southern Maryland came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in Maryland ranking. CSM is a medium-sized public school located in the rural area of La Plata.

CSM undergraduate students pay an average of $7,050 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#7

Carroll Community College

Westminster, MD
$6,798 Average Tuition & Fees

Carroll Community College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in Maryland list. Located in the rural area of Westminster, Carroll Community College is a public school with a small student population.

Carroll Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $6,798 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$8,270 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #8, Allegany College of Maryland did quite well on this year’s best value schools for practical nursing and nursing assistants students. Allegany College of Maryland is a small public school located in the city of Cumberland.

Allegany College of Maryland undergraduate students pay an average of $8,270 in in-state tuition and fees each year. After completing their degree, practical nursing graduates from Allegany College of Maryland carry an average student debtload of $14,250.

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#9

Cecil College

North East, MD
$8,070 Average Tuition & Fees

Cecil College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for practical nursing and nursing assistants students. It came in at #9 on the list. Cecil College is a small public school located in the rural area of North East.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Cecil College are $8,070 per year.

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$8,900 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #10, Anne Arundel Community College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for practical nursing and nursing assistants students. Located in the large suburb of Arnold, AACC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at AACC are $8,900 per year.

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Best Value Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 97
New York 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

Majors Similar to Practical Nursing

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 10 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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