2023 Best Nursing Basic Certificate Schools in Alabama

Today's nursing students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Also, there are a number of trade schools and bootcamp with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Nursing Degree Search has created its Best Nursing Basic Certificate Schools in Alabama ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Alabama to see which ones offered the best basic certificate programs for nursing students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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Top Nursing Basic Certificate Schools in Alabama

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#1

Coastal Alabama Community College

Bay Minette, Alabama

$4,860 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Coastal Alabama Community College the best school in Alabama for nursing students working on their basic certificate.

Students from Alabama who attend Coastal Alabama Community College full time pay an average of $4,860 in tuition and fees. Out-of-state students pay an average of $8,850.

Coastal Alabama Community College does offer online classes for certain degree levels. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 51% took at least some of their classes online.

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#2

Snead State Community College

Boaz, Alabama

$5,344 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, Snead State Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list.

The average in-state tuition and fees for students at Snead State Community College is $5,344. Out-of-state students pay an average of $9,280.

Snead State Community College does have options available for those who want to take online classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 83% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

References

• Read more about our ranking methodology.
• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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