2023 Best Value Nursing Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Nursing Associate Degree School for You
Nursing is the most popular major in the United States with 27,247 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.
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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Nursing Degree Search has created its Best Value Nursing Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This report analyzed 40 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for nursing students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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Our analysis found Otero Junior College to be the best value school for nursing students who want to pursue a associate degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . Otero JC is a small public school located in the remote town of La Junta.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Otero JC are $6,563 per year. On average, nursing graduates from Otero JC take out $30,299 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.
Otero JC also made our Best Nursing Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list, coming in at #2.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means College of Eastern Idaho is a great value for nursing students working on their associate degree. Located in the city of Idaho Falls, CEI is a public school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at CEI are $6,222 a year. While working on their Associate Degree, nursing majors at CEI accumulate an average of around $27,941 in student debt.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado Northwestern Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the remote area of Rangely, CNCC is a public college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at CNCC are $6,596 a year. The average amount in student loans that nursing majors at CNCC take out while working on their Associate Degree is $23,243.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend College of Western Idaho. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. CWI is a fairly large public school located in the rural area of Nampa.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at CWI are $7,344 a year. After completing their Associate Degree, nursing graduates from CWI carry an average student debtload of $22,571.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, CWI also did well on our Best Nursing Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Trinidad State Junior College is a great value for nursing students working on their associate degree. Trinidad State Junior College is a small public school located in the town of Trinidad.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Trinidad State Junior College are $6,631 per year. Nursing majors at Trinidad State Junior College take out an average of $26,288 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.
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Lamar Community College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree nursing programs. Located in the town of Lamar, LCC is a public school with a small student population.
LCC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,592 in tuition and fees each year. Nursing majors at LCC take out an average of $27,872 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.
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With a ranking of #7, North Idaho College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for nursing students working on their associate degree. NIC is a small public school located in the city of Coeur d'Alene.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NIC are $8,736 per year. While working on their Associate Degree, nursing majors at NIC accumulate an average of around $20,920 in student debt.
NIC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Nursing Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
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College of Southern Idaho did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for nursing students to get a associate degree. It came in at #8 on the list. College of Southern Idaho is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Twin Falls.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at College of Southern Idaho are $6,840 per year. Nursing majors at College of Southern Idaho take out an average of $22,395 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.
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Miles Community College ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the remote town of Miles City, Miles Community College is a public school with a fairly small student population.
Miles Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $9,840 in tuition and fees each year. On average, nursing graduates from Miles Community College take out $31,452 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.
Miles Community College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Nursing Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
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Northeastern Junior College ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the remote town of Sterling, NJC is a public college with a small student population.
NJC undergraduate students pay an average of $7,544 in tuition and fees each year. While working on their Associate Degree, nursing majors at NJC accumulate an average of around $26,280 in student debt.
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Explore the best nursing schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Colorado | 6,496 |
| Utah | 17,535 |
| Montana | 745 |
| Idaho | 1,593 |
| Wyoming | 397 |
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| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 84,274 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 26 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).
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