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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$5,407 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$36,841 Avg Salary

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

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which nursing program is right 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Nursing Degree Search has created its Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Montana ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Montana to see which undergraduate 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.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

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

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for practical nursing majors pursuing a undergraduate certificate.

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

Our analysis found Helena College University of Montana to be the best value school for practical nursing and nursing assistants students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in Montana. Located in the remote town of Helena, Helena College is a public college with a small student population.

Helena College undergraduate students pay an average of $3,477 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Helena College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Montana list.

Read full report on Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants at Helena College University of Montana

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Montana State University - Billings helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value practical nursing and nursing assistants schools in Montana. Montana State University - Billings is a small public school located in the city of Billings.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Montana State University - Billings are $6,022 a year. On average, practical nursing graduates from Montana State University - Billings take out $10,417 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

Montana State University - Billings also took the #1 spot in our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Montana rankings.

Full Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants at Montana State University - Billings Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Flathead Valley Community College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Montana list. Located in the rural area of Kalispell, Flathead Valley Community College is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Flathead Valley Community College are $6,721 a year. After completing their Undergraduate Certificate, practical nursing graduates from Flathead Valley Community College carry an average student debtload of $15,994.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Flathead Valley Community College is ranked #3 for overall quality for practical nursing in Montana.

Full Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants at Flathead Valley Community College Report

Best Value Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 0
Utah 2
Idaho 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 3 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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