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Most Popular Nursing & Nursing Assistants Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

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2023 Most Popular Nursing & Nursing Assistants Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

1 College
$16,197 Avg Salary
$20,910 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Bachelor's Degree School for You

With 84,274 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, practical nursing and nursing assistants is the #2 most popular major in the United States.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which nursing program is right for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Nursing Degree Search has created its Most Popular Nursing & Nursing Assistants Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. This report analyzed 1 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones were the most popular bachelor's degree programs for nursing students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants program at each school on the list.

The following school tops our list of the Most Popular Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

#1

Oakwood University

Huntsville, AL

Our analysis found Oakwood University to be the most popular school for practical nursing and nursing assistants students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in the Southeast Region . Located in the city of Huntsville, Oakwood is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Women make up 87% of the practical nursing majors at the school.

Read full report on Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants at Oakwood University

Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges by State

Explore the best practical nursing and nursing assistants schools for a specific state in the Southeast 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

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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