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

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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. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

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 Basic Certificate Schools in Missouri ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in Missouri to see which ones were the most popular basic certificate 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 schools top our list of the Most Popular Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Southeast Missouri Hospital College of Nursing and Health Sciences the most popular school in Missouri for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. Southeast Health is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cape Girardeau.

Women make up 82% of the practical nursing majors at the school.

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#2

Crowder College

Neosho, MO

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Crowder College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Missouri list. Crowder College is a small public school located in the town of Neosho.

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#3

Waynesville Career Center

Waynesville, MO

Out of the 6 schools in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Waynesville Career Center landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the remote town of Waynesville, Waynesville Technical Academy is a public school with a small student population.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Bolivar Technical College is a great place for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. Bolivar Technical College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Bolivar.

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The in-demand basic certificate programs at State Fair 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 Missouri. State Fair Community College is a small public school located in the remote town of Sedalia.

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The in-demand basic certificate programs at Lex La-Ray Technical Center helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular practical nursing and nursing assistants schools in Missouri. Located in the town of Lexington, LLRTC is a public college with a small student population.

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Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Most Popular Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

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

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.

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