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2023 Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Washington

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$5,122 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$36,841 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, practical nursing and nursing assistants students earned 113 degrees and certificates from a Washington school, making the subject the 2nd in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for nursing students. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Washington ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Washington to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate 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. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Washington

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Washington Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Nursing & Nursing Assistants

Our 2023 rankings named Clover Park Technical College the best value school in Washington for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the small city of Lakewood, CPTC is a public school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CPTC are $5,740 per year. After completing their Undergraduate Certificate, practical nursing graduates from CPTC carry an average student debtload of $21,255.

CPTC also took the #1 spot in our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Washington rankings.

Full Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants at Clover Park Technical College Report

#2

Grays Harbor College

Aberdeen, WA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Grays Harbor College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Washington list. GHC is a small public school located in the rural area of Aberdeen.

GHC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,503 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, GHC is ranked #2 for overall quality for practical nursing in Washington.

Read full report on Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants at Grays Harbor College

Best Value Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 1,055
Nevada 0

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

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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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