2023 Most Popular Nursing Basic Certificate Schools in California
Finding the Best Nursing Basic Certificate School for You
Out of the majors we analyze each year, nursing was the most popular one in California. In total, 18,329 people earned a degree or certificate in the field from a school in California.
There are so many nursing programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Nursing Degree Search has created its Most Popular Nursing Basic Certificate Schools in California ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in California to see which basic certificate programs were the most popular for nursing students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Nursing program at each school on the list.
2023 Most Popular Nursing Basic Certificate Schools in California
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Nursing Basic Certificate Colleges.
Most Popular California Schools for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Nursing
Our 2023 rankings named Gavilan College the most popular school in California for nursing students working on their basic certificate. Gavilan College is a small public school located in the small suburb of Gilroy.
About 86% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 14% are male.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Los Angeles Harbor College is a great place for nursing students working on their basic certificate. LAHC is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of Wilmington.
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Washington | 3,851 |
Nevada | 2,015 |
Alaska | 177 |
Hawaii | 535 |
Oregon | 1,502 |
Majors Related to Nursing
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Most Popular Majors Related to Nursing
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 84,274 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 2 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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.