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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2023 Best Value Nursing Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
Check out the nursing associate degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
Top 10 Best Nursing Associate Degree Schools
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.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College of Eastern Idaho. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the city of Idaho Falls, CEI is a public college with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CEI are $6,222 per year. While working on their Associate Degree, nursing majors at CEI accumulate an average of around $27,941 in student debt.
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 rural area of Rangely, CNCC is a public college with a small student population.
CNCC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,596 in tuition and fees each 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 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.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Trinidad State Junior College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Trinidad State Junior College is a small public school located in the town of Trinidad.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Trinidad State Junior College are $6,631 a 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 remote town of Lamar, LCC is a public school with a fairly small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at LCC are $6,592 per year. Nursing majors at LCC take out an average of $27,872 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.
North Idaho College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for nursing students to get a associate degree. It came in at #7 on the list. 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 also took the #1 spot in our Best Nursing Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region rankings.
College of Southern Idaho ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. College of Southern Idaho is a medium-sized public school located in the remote town of Twin Falls.
College of Southern Idaho undergraduate students pay an average of $6,840 in tuition and fees each year. Nursing majors at College of Southern Idaho take out an average of $22,395 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.
Miles Community College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. 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.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Miles Community College is ranked #3 for overall quality for nursing in the Rocky Mountains Region .
Northeastern Junior College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for nursing students to get a associate degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the 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.
Best Nursing Colleges by State
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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