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Most Popular Online Nursing & Nursing Assistants Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

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2023 Most Popular Online Nursing & Nursing Assistants Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

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$41,222 Avg Salary
$20,983 Avg Student Debt

In 2020-2021, 84,274 practical nursing and nursing assistants students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #2 most popular in the country.

It's not easy to decide which nursing program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Nursing Degree Search has created its Most Popular Online Nursing & Nursing Assistants Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. This report analyzed 1 school in the Plains States Region offering online associate degree programs for nursing students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Check out the online practical nursing associate degree programs at this school if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Plains States Region .

Our analysis found Rasmussen University - Minnesota to be the most popular school for practical nursing and nursing assistants students who want to pursue an online associate degree in the Plains States Region . Rasmussen University - Minnesota is a small private for-profit school located in the city of St. Cloud.

Read full report on Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants at Rasmussen University - Minnesota

Explore the most popular online practical nursing and nursing assistants schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Minnesota 22
South Dakota 0
North Dakota 70
Nebraska 0

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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 values are for the top school 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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