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2023 Best Value Nursing Basic Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$15,607 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Nursing Basic Certificate 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Nursing Degree Search has developed this Best Value Nursing Basic Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones offered the best value basic certificate 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.

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Nursing

#1

Pikes Peak Community College

Colorado Springs, CO

Our analysis found Pikes Peak Community College to be the best value school for nursing students who want to pursue a basic certificate in the Rocky Mountains Region . PPCC is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Colorado Springs.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at PPCC are $15,403 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, PPCC is ranked #2 for overall quality for nursing in the Rocky Mountains Region .

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Our analysis found Red Rocks Community College to be the best value school for nursing students who want to pursue a basic certificate in the Rocky Mountains Region . Red Rocks Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize city of Lakewood.

Red Rocks Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $15,811 in tuition and fees each year.

Red Rocks Community College not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Nursing Basic Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Lewis - Clark State College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Basic Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the city of Lewiston, Lewis - Clark State College is a public college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Lewis - Clark State College are $20,238 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Lewis - Clark State College is ranked #3 for overall quality for nursing in the Rocky Mountains Region .

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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

Nursing Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Registered Nursing 266,651
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing 16,104
Nursing Administration 9,838
Nursing Practice 7,992
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing 5,092
Nursing Science 4,600
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing 2,287
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing 2,021
Nurse Anesthetist 1,936
Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing 1,883
Critical Care Nursing 773
Geriatric Nurse/Nursing 563
School Nursing 553
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery 509
Clinical Nurse Leader 444
Clinical Nurse Specialist 419
Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nurse/Nursing 331
Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing 181
Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing 57
Emergency Room/Trauma Nursing 53
Palliative Care Nursing 14
Forensic Nursing 14

Related Major Annual Graduates
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Aleksahgabrielle.

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