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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 analysis found Baltimore City Community College to be the best value school for practical nursing and nursing assistants students who want to pursue a degree in Maryland. 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

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Hagerstown Community College is a great value for practical nursing and nursing assistants students. HCC is a small public school located in the suburb of Hagerstown.

HCC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,390 in in-state tuition and fees each 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

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wor-Wic Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in Maryland list. Wor-Wic Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Salisbury.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Wor-Wic Community College are $6,720 a 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

Out of the 10 schools in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, Community College of Baltimore County landed the # 4 spot on the list. CCBC is a large public school located in the suburb of Baltimore.

CCBC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,918 in in-state tuition and fees each 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

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Howard Community College is a great value for practical nursing and nursing assistants students. Located in the city of Columbia, HCC is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at HCC are $7,380 per year.

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$7,050 Average Tuition & Fees

College of Southern Maryland landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value practical nursing and nursing assistants programs. CSM is a moderately-sized public school located in the rural area of La Plata.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CSM are $7,050 per year.

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#7

Carroll Community College

Westminster, MD
$6,798 Average Tuition & Fees

Carroll Community 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 #7 on the list. Located in the rural area of Westminster, Carroll Community College is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Carroll Community College are $6,798 per year.

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$8,270 Average Tuition & Fees

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

Cecil College undergraduate students pay an average of $8,070 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$8,900 Average Tuition & Fees

Anne Arundel Community College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in Maryland ranking. Located in the large suburb of Arnold, AACC is a public college 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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