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2023 Most Popular Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in New Mexico

20 Colleges
$25,047 Avg Salary
$10,411 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants School for You

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

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Nursing Degree Search has created the Most Popular Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in New Mexico to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 20 schools in New Mexico to see which 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 Colleges.

Our analysis found Central New Mexico Community College to be the most popular school for practical nursing and nursing assistants students who want to pursue a degree in New Mexico. CNM is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Albuquerque.

While working on their degree, practical nursing majors at CNM accumulate an average of around $8,250 in student debt.

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Out of the 20 schools in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, Clovis Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the remote town of Clovis, Clovis Community College is a public college with a small student population.

While working on their degree, practical nursing majors at Clovis Community College accumulate an average of around $10,122 in student debt.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means New Mexico State University - Dona Ana is a great place for practical nursing and nursing assistants students. Located in the rural area of Las Cruces, NMSU Dona Ana is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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#4

San Juan College

Farmington, NM

The excellent programs at San Juan College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best practical nursing and nursing assistants schools in New Mexico. SJC is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Farmington.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Pima Medical Institute - Albuquerque. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in New Mexico list. Located in the large city of Albuquerque, PMI Albuquerque is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

After completing their degree, practical nursing graduates from PMI Albuquerque carry an average student debt load of $8,750.

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Santa Fe Community College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in New Mexico ranking. SFCC is a small public school located in the small suburb of Santa Fe.

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New Mexico State University - Alamogordo did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for practical nursing and nursing assistants students. It came in at #7 on the list. NMSU Alamogordo is a small public school located in the rural area of Alamogordo.

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Brookline College - Albuquerque came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in New Mexico ranking. Brookline College - Albuquerque is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large city of Albuquerque.

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New Mexico State University - Grants did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for practical nursing and nursing assistants students. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the remote town of Grants, NMSU Grants is a public college with a fairly small student population.

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University of New Mexico - Gallup Campus came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in New Mexico ranking. Located in the rural area of Gallup, UNM Gallup is a public school with a small student population.

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Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges in the Southwest Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 57
Texas 97
Oklahoma 57

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 averages are for the top 20 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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