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2023 Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Ohio

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Finding the Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate School for You

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for healthcare students. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Ohio to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 20 schools in Ohio to see which ones offered the best basic certificate programs for healthcare students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Ohio

The following schools top our list of the Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Colleges.

Top 10 Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Miami Valley Career Technology Center the best school in Ohio for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. Miami Valley CTC is a small public school located in the suburb of Englewood.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Apollo Career Center. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Ohio list. Apollo JVS is a small public school located in the suburb of Lima.

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Out of the 20 schools in Ohio that were part of this year’s ranking, Wayne County Schools Career Center landed the # 3 spot on the list. Wayne County Schools Career Center is a small public school located in the distant town of Smithville.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tri-Rivers Career Center. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Ohio list. Tri-Rivers Career Center is a fairly small public school located in the distant town of Marion.

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Cuyahoga Valley Career Center

Brecksville, OH

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cuyahoga Valley Career Center. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Ohio list. Located in the suburb of Brecksville, CVCC is a public college with a fairly small student population.

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Knox County Career Center

Mount Vernon, OH

Knox County Career Center came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Ohio ranking. Knox Technical Center is a fairly small public school located in the distant town of Mount Vernon.

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Pickaway Ross Joint Vocational School District came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Ohio ranking. Located in the distant town of Chillicothe, Pickaway-Ross Career & Technology Center is a public school with a fairly small student population.

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EHOVE Career Center

Milan, OH

With a ranking of #8, EHOVE Career Center did quite well on this year’s best schools for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. Located in the rural area of Milan, EHOVE Career Center is a public college with a fairly small student population.

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Canton City Schools Adult Career and Technical Education landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best basic certificate practical nursing and nursing assistants programs. Located in the city of Canton, Canton City Schools Adult Career and Technical Education is a public school with a small student population.

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Ashtabula County Technical and Career Campus came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Ohio ranking. Ashtabula County Technical and Career Campus is a small public school located in the rural area of Jefferson.

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Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Illinois 0
Michigan 0

Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.

Practical Nursing Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training 44,900
Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant/Aide 34,557
Other Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants 4,817

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 84,492
Allied Health Professions 82,308
Public Health 40,596

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 20 schools only.

  • 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 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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