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2023 Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

33 Colleges
$2,433 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$36,841 Avg Salary

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

With all the nursing programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Nursing Degree Search has created the Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 33 schools in North Carolina 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

Top 10 Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named McDowell Technical Community College the best value school in North Carolina for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the rural area of Marion, McDowell Technical Community College is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at McDowell Technical Community College are $1,926 per year. While working on their Undergraduate Certificate, practical nursing majors at McDowell Technical Community College accumulate an average of around $11,313 in student debt.

McDowell Technical Community College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Forsyth Technical Community College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the medium-sized city of Winston-Salem, Forsyth Tech is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Forsyth Tech are $2,152 a year. Practical Nursing majors at Forsyth Tech take out an average of $19,453 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Forsyth Tech is ranked #3 for overall quality for practical nursing in North Carolina.

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

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at South Piedmont Community College are $2,015 per year.

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Out of the 33 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Durham Technical Community College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Durham, Durham Technical Community College is a public school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Durham Technical Community College are $2,228 per year. While working on their Undergraduate Certificate, practical nursing majors at Durham Technical Community College accumulate an average of around $23,035 in student debt.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Montgomery Community College is a great value for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the rural area of Troy, MCC is a public school with a fairly small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at MCC are $2,538 a year. On average, practical nursing graduates from MCC take out $13,407 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

MCC also took the #2 spot in our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina rankings.

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College of the Albemarle

Elizabeth City, NC

College of the Albemarle ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the town of Elizabeth City, College of the Albemarle is a public school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at College of the Albemarle are $2,228 per year. While working on their Undergraduate Certificate, practical nursing majors at College of the Albemarle accumulate an average of around $17,845 in student debt.

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Guilford Technical Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for practical nursing and nursing assistants students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Guilford Technical Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize suburb of Jamestown.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Guilford Technical Community College are $2,289 a year.

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Vance-Granville Community College landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value undergraduate certificate practical nursing and nursing assistants programs. Located in the distant town of Henderson, Vance-Granville Community College is a public college with a small student population.

Vance-Granville Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $1,944 in in-state tuition and fees each year. Practical Nursing majors at Vance-Granville Community College take out an average of $24,622 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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Bladen Community College ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the rural area of Dublin, BCC is a public college with a small student population.

BCC undergraduate students pay an average of $2,254 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, practical nursing graduates from BCC take out $9,059 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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Brunswick Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for practical nursing and nursing assistants students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the rural area of Bolivia, Brunswick Community College is a public college with a small student population.

Brunswick Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $2,532 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Alabama 15
Kentucky 47
Tennessee 14
Louisiana 21
Mississippi 0
Florida 0
Arkansas 31

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

Majors Similar to Practical Nursing

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 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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