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2023 Most Popular Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in West Virginia

23 Colleges
$34,395 Avg Salary
$9,910 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants School for You

With all the nursing programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 Schools in West Virginia ranking. This report analyzed 23 schools in West Virginia to see which ones were the most popular 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.

Check out the practical nursing programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in West Virginia.

Our analysis found New River Community and Technical College to be the most popular school for practical nursing & nursing assistants students who want to pursue a degree in West Virginia. Located in the suburb of Beaver, New River Community and Technical College is a public college with a small student population.

On average, practical nursing graduates from New River Community and Technical College take out $7,459 in student loans while working on their degree.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend West Virginia Northern Community College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in West Virginia list. Located in the city of Wheeling, WVNCC is a public college with a small student population.

After completing their degree, practical nursing graduates from WVNCC carry an average student debt load of $5,250.

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The excellent programs at Fred W Eberle Technical Center helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best practical nursing & nursing assistants schools in West Virginia. Fred W Eberle Technical Center is a small public school located in the town of Buckhannon.

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#4

Garnet Career Center

Charleston, WV

The excellent programs at Garnet Career Center helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best practical nursing & nursing assistants schools in West Virginia. Garnet Career Center is a public school located in the small city of Charleston.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cabell County Career Technology Center. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in West Virginia list. Located in the suburb of Huntington, Cabell County Career Technology Center is a public school with a small student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Academy of Careers and Technology. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in West Virginia list. Academy of Careers and Technology is a small public school located in the small city of Beckley.

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Wood County School of Practical Nursing did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for practical nursing & nursing assistants students. It came in at #7 on the list. Wood County School of Practical Nursing is a fairly small public school located in the city of Parkersburg.

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With a ranking of #8, Mercer County Technical Education Center did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for practical nursing & nursing assistants students. Located in the town of Princeton, Mercer County Technical Education Center is a public school with a small student population.

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Mineral County Vocational Technical Center did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for practical nursing & nursing assistants students. It came in at #9 on the list. Mineral County Vocational Technical Center is a small public school located in the distant town of Keyser.

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Pierpont Community and Technical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for practical nursing & nursing assistants students. It came in at #10 on the list. Pierpont Community and Technical College is a small public school located in the distant town of Fairmont.

Practical Nursing majors at Pierpont Community and Technical College take out an average of $16,101 in student loans while working on their egree.

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Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that 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 45,031
Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant/Aide 35,655
Other Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants 4,653

Majors Similar to Practical Nursing

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 319,502

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 23 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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