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2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Associate Degree Schools in California

5 Schools Ranked
$1,142 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$17,082 Avg Student Debt

It's not easy to decide which nursing program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools and bootcamps that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Nursing Degree Search has created the Most Popular Online Nursing Associate Degree Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in California to see which ones had the most popular online associate degree programs for nursing students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Learn more about these popular schools with online programs:

#1

Unitek College

Fremont, California
333 Total Awards
$17,249 Avg Student Debt

Our 2023 rankings named Unitek College the most popular school in California for nursing students working on their associate degree. Located in Fremont, California, the small private for-profit school awarded 333 diplomas to qualifed associate degree students in 2021-2022.

Associate Degree recipients from Unitek College accumulate an average of $17,249 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. Of those students who received their degree, 86% were women.

Around 45% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2020-2021.

Full Unitek College Report

#2

Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts

San Mateo, California
548 Total Awards
$17,818 Avg Student Debt

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts is a great place for nursing students working on their associate degree. San Mateo, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out associate degrees to 548 students in 2021-2022.

On average, associate degree students take out $17,818 in loans while pursuing their degree. Of those students who received their degree, 73% were women.

During the 2020-2021 year, about 31% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.

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#3

Compton College

Compton, California
678 Total Awards
$1,142 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Compton College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Associate Degree Schools in California list. Compton College is a small public school situated in Compton, California. It awarded 678 associate degrees in 2021-2022.

Full-time students from California pay an average of $1,142 in tuition and fees if they choose to attend Compton College. If you are from out of state, expect to pay an average of $8,822. Around 73% of those degree recipients were women.

To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 57% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.

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#4

National University

San Diego, California
240 Total Awards
$13,447 Avg Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend National University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Associate Degree Schools in California list. National University is a private not-for-profit institution located in San Diego, California. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 240 associate degrees in 2021-2022.

On average, associate degree students take out $13,447 in loans while pursuing their degree. Of those students who received their degree, 55% were women.

Around 70% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2020-2021.

Full National University Report

#4

University of Antelope Valley

Lancaster, California
9 Total Awards

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Antelope Valley. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Associate Degree Schools in California list. UAV is a very small private for-profit school situated in Lancaster, California. It awarded 9 associate degrees in 2021-2022.

Around 22% of those degree recipients were women.

In 2020-2021 about 17% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

Full University of Antelope Valley Report

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 5 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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