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2023 Most Popular Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in New Mexico

13 Colleges
$36,841 Avg Salary
$15,480 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in New Mexico to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 13 schools in New Mexico to see which ones were the most popular undergraduate 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 Undergraduate Certificate Colleges.

Our analysis found Clovis Community College to be the most popular school for practical nursing and nursing assistants students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in New Mexico. Located in the town of Clovis, Clovis Community College is a public college with a small student population.

Of the 51 students majoring in practical nursing at Clovis Community College, 8% are male and 92% are female.

The average amount in student loans that practical nursing majors at Clovis Community College take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $13,102.

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The in-demand undergraduate certificate programs at New Mexico State University - Dona Ana helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular practical nursing and nursing assistants schools in New Mexico. Located in the rural area of Las Cruces, NMSU Dona Ana is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Women make up 86% of the practical nursing majors at the school.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Pima Medical Institute - Albuquerque is a great place for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the large city of Albuquerque, PMI Albuquerque is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

About 79% of the students majoring in practical nursing at the school are women while 21% are male.

After completing their Undergraduate Certificate, practical nursing graduates from PMI Albuquerque carry an average student debt load of $11,282.

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The in-demand undergraduate certificate programs at New Mexico State University - Grants helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular practical nursing and nursing assistants schools in New Mexico. Located in the remote town of Grants, NMSU Grants is a public college with a fairly small student population.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means New Mexico State University - Carlsbad is a great place for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the rural area of Carlsbad, NMSU Carlsbad is a public school with a small student population.

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With a ranking of #6, New Mexico Junior College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the town of Hobbs, New Mexico Junior College is a public school with a small student population.

Of the 6 students majoring in practical nursing at New Mexico Junior College, 17% are male and 83% are female.

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University of New Mexico - Valencia County Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in New Mexico list. Located in the rural area of Los Lunas, UNM Valencia is a public college with a small student population.

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Central New Mexico Community College ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in New Mexico list. CNM is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Albuquerque.

While working on their Undergraduate Certificate, practical nursing majors at CNM accumulate an average of around $12,764 in student debt.

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#7

Luna Community College

Las Vegas, NM

With a ranking of #7, Luna Community College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their undergraduate certificate. Luna Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Las Vegas.

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University of New Mexico - Gallup Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for practical nursing and nursing assistants students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. 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 13 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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