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2023 Best Value Nursing Basic Certificate Schools in Louisiana

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Prices

4 Schools Ranked
$4,106 Avg Tuition & Fees*

With all the nursing programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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 and bootcamps 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 Best Value Nursing Basic Certificate Schools in Louisiana ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Louisiana to see which basic certificate programs offered the best value experiences for nursing students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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.

Top Value Nursing Basic Certificate Schools in Louisiana

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70 Total Awards
$4,203 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Northshore Technical Community College to be the best value school for nursing students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Louisiana. Northshore Technical College-Sullivan Main Campus is a public institution located in Bogalusa, Louisiana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 70 basic certificates in 2020-2021.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Northshore Technical College-Sullivan Main Campus are $4,203 per year.

If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Northshore Technical College-Sullivan Main Campus does offer online classes for certain majors. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 36% took at least some of their classes online.

Northshore Technical College-Sullivan Main Campus also took the #1 spot in our Best Nursing Basic Certificate Schools in Louisiana rankings.

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#2

Fletcher Technical Community College

Schriever, Louisiana
22 Total Awards
$3,981 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Fletcher Technical Community College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Basic Certificate Schools in Louisiana list. Fletcher Technical Community College is located in Schriever, Louisiana and has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 22 basic certificates to qualified students.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Fletcher Technical Community College are $3,981 per year.

Some students may be able to take online classes at Fletcher Technical Community College. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 73% took at least some of their classes online.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Fletcher Technical Community College is ranked #3 for overall quality in Louisiana.

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96 Total Awards
$4,159 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Louisiana Delta Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Basic Certificate Schools in Louisiana list. Located in Monroe, Louisiana, the small public school handed out 96 basic certificate awards in 2020-2021.

LDCC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,159 in tuition and fees each year.

LDCC does offer online classes for certain degree levels. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 63% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

LDCC also took the #2 spot in our Best Nursing Basic Certificate Schools in Louisiana rankings.

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#4

Delgado Community College

New Orleans, Louisiana
44 Total Awards
$4,079 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent basic certificate programs at Delgado Community College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in Louisiana. Delgado Community College is a fairly large public school situated in New Orleans, Louisiana. It awarded 44 basic certificates in 2020-2021.

Delgado Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,079 in tuition and fees each year.

You may have the opportunity to take online classes at Delgado Community College. During the 2019-2020 year, about 71% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.

Delgado Community College also made our Best Nursing Basic Certificate Schools in Louisiana list, coming in at #4.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

References

  • 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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