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2023 Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in New Mexico

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$1,916 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$36,841 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate 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.

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 New Mexico ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in New Mexico 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. 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in New Mexico

Check out the practical nursing undergraduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

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

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

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Clovis Community College are $1,616 per year. The average amount in student loans that practical nursing majors at Clovis Community College take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $13,102.

Clovis Community College also made our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in New Mexico list, coming in at #1.

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Out of the 5 schools in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Carlsbad landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the rural area of Carlsbad, NMSU Carlsbad is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at NMSU Carlsbad are $1,968 a year.

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

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Out of the 5 schools in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Dona Ana landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the rural area of Las Cruces, NMSU Dona Ana is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NMSU Dona Ana are $2,160 per year.

NMSU Dona Ana did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in New Mexico list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend New Mexico Junior College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in New Mexico list. Located in the town of Hobbs, New Mexico Junior College is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at New Mexico Junior College are $1,920 per year.

New Mexico Junior College not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in New Mexico list.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Pima Medical Institute - Albuquerque helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value practical nursing and nursing assistants schools in New Mexico. Located in the city of Albuquerque, PMI Albuquerque is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

The average amount in student loans that practical nursing majors at PMI Albuquerque take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $11,282.

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 57
Texas 97
Oklahoma 57

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 5 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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