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2023 Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

14 Colleges
$7,191 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. 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 14 schools in West Virginia 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.

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 analysis found John D Rockefeller IV Career Center to be the best value school for practical nursing and nursing assistants students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in West Virginia. John D Rockefeller IV Career Center is a small public school located in the rural area of New Cumberland.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at John D Rockefeller IV Career Center are $8,046 per year. The average amount in student loans that practical nursing majors at John D Rockefeller IV Career Center take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $20,033.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Pierpont Community and Technical College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value practical nursing and nursing assistants schools in West Virginia. Pierpont Community and Technical College is a small public school located in the distant town of Fairmont.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Pierpont Community and Technical College are $5,086 per year. The average amount in student loans that practical nursing majors at Pierpont Community and Technical College take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $25,945.

Pierpont Community and Technical College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Virginia University at Parkersburg. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia list. Located in the small suburb of Parkersburg, West Virginia University at Parkersburg is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at West Virginia University at Parkersburg are $3,890 per year.

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

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Virginia Northern Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia list. Located in the small city of Wheeling, WVNCC is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at WVNCC are $4,300 a year. Practical Nursing majors at WVNCC take out an average of $13,039 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

WVNCC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New River Community and Technical College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia list. Located in the small suburb of Beaver, New River Community and Technical College is a public college with a small student population.

New River Community and Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,590 in in-state tuition and fees each year. While working on their Undergraduate Certificate, practical nursing majors at New River Community and Technical College accumulate an average of around $12,617 in student debt.

New River Community and Technical College not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia list.

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West Virginia Junior College - Bridgeport landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value undergraduate certificate practical nursing and nursing assistants programs. WVJC Bridgeport is a small private for-profit school located in the town of Bridgeport.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at WVJC Bridgeport are $14,635 a year.

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Academy of Careers and Technology came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia ranking. Academy of Careers and Technology is a fairly small public school located in the city of Beckley.

After completing their Undergraduate Certificate, practical nursing graduates from Academy of Careers and Technology carry an average student debtload of $12,192.

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Mercer County Technical Education Center came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia ranking. Located in the town of Princeton, Mercer County Technical Education Center is a public school with a small student population.

The average amount in student loans that practical nursing majors at Mercer County Technical Education Center take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $15,324.

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Wood County School of Practical Nursing ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia list. Wood County School of Practical Nursing is a fairly small public school located in the city of Parkersburg.

Practical Nursing majors at Wood County School of Practical Nursing take out an average of $11,029 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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Garnet Career Center

Charleston, WV

Garnet Career Center 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. Located in the city of Charleston, Garnet Career Center is a public school with a small student population.

After completing their Undergraduate Certificate, practical nursing graduates from Garnet Career Center carry an average student debtload of $11,653.

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

Explore all the Best Value Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges 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 14 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).

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