Find Nursing Colleges

What Do You Want to Study?

Most Popular Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Mississippi

Find Schools Near

2023 Most Popular Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Mississippi

6 Colleges

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

Today's nursing students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Nursing Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Mississippi ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Mississippi to see which basic certificate programs were the most popular 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 schools top our list of the Most Popular Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Colleges.

Our analysis found Northwest Mississippi Community College to be the most popular school for practical nursing and nursing assistants students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Mississippi. Located in the distant town of Senatobia, NWCC is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

About 92% of the students majoring in practical nursing at the school are women while 8% are male.

Full Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants at Northwest Mississippi Community College Report

Request Information
#2

Jones County Junior College

Ellisville, MS

Out of the 6 schools in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, Jones County Junior College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Jones County Junior College is a small public school located in the distant town of Ellisville.

Read full report on Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants at Jones County Junior College

Request Information

Out of the 6 schools in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, Meridian Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. MCC is a small public school located in the town of Meridian.

Women make up 96% of the practical nursing majors at the school.

Read More…

Request Information
#4

Hinds Community College

Raymond, MS

Out of the 6 schools in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, Hinds Community College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Hinds Community College is a fairly large public school located in the fringe town of Raymond.

Read More…

Request Information

The in-demand basic certificate programs at Southwest Mississippi Community College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular practical nursing and nursing assistants schools in Mississippi. SMCC is a small public school located in the town of Summit.

Of the 13 students majoring in practical nursing at SMCC, 8% are male and 92% are female.

Read full report on Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants at Southwest Mississippi Community College

Request Information

Mississippi Delta Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for practical nursing and nursing assistants students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the town of Moorhead, Mississippi Delta Community College is a public school with a small student population.

Read full report on Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants at Mississippi Delta Community College

Request Information

Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular 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
Florida 0
Arkansas 31

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

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 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.

Find Nursing Schools Near You

Our free matching tool for schools matches students with nursing schools across the U.S.