2023 Best Value Nursing Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Nursing Undergraduate 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Nursing Degree Search has created its Best Value Nursing Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate 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 1 to 4 Years in Nursing
Our analysis found Colorado Northwestern Community College to be the best value school for nursing students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the remote area of Rangely, CNCC is a public school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at CNCC are $6,596 a year. Nursing majors at CNCC take out an average of $18,639 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.
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Out of the 6 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Trinidad State Junior College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Trinidad State Junior College is a small public school located in the town of Trinidad.
Trinidad State Junior College undergraduate students pay an average of $6,631 in tuition and fees each year.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Lamar Community College is a great value for nursing students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the town of Lamar, LCC is a public school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at LCC are $6,592 a year.
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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Aims Community College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the midsize city of Greeley, Aims Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Aims Community College are $10,418 a year.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Pueblo Community College is a great value for nursing students working on their undergraduate certificate. Pueblo Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Pueblo.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Pueblo Community College are $15,958 a year. On average, nursing graduates from Pueblo Community College take out $21,586 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.
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With a ranking of #6, Front Range Community College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for nursing students working on their undergraduate certificate. FRCC is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Westminster.
FRCC undergraduate students pay an average of $15,454 in tuition and fees each year.
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Explore the best nursing schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Colorado | 6,496 |
Utah | 17,535 |
Montana | 745 |
Idaho | 1,593 |
Wyoming | 397 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 84,274 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 6 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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