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2023 Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Florida

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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.

The Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Florida ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 31 schools in Florida 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 Florida

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 analysis found Cape Coral Technical College to be the best school for practical nursing and nursing assistants students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Florida. Located in the medium-sized city of Cape Coral, Cape Coral Technical College is a public school with a fairly small student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Suncoast Technical College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Florida list. Suncoast Technical College is a small public school located in the large suburb of Sarasota.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at North Florida Technical College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best practical nursing and nursing assistants schools in Florida. North Florida Technical College is a fairly small public school located in the town of Starke.

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Out of the 31 schools in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Orange Technical College - Orlando Campus landed the # 4 spot on the list. OTC Orlando is a fairly small public school located in the large city of Orlando.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at Medical Institute of Palm Beach helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best practical nursing and nursing assistants schools in Florida. Located in the suburb of Greenacres, Medical Institute of Palm Beach is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

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Marion Technical College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Florida ranking. MTC is a small public school located in the city of Ocala.

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Fort Myers Technical College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Florida ranking. Fort Myers Technical College is a fairly small public school located in the city of Fort Myers.

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Lake Technical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for practical nursing and nursing assistants students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the midsize suburb of Eustis, Lake Technical College is a public school with a fairly small student population.

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Atlantic Technical College

Coconut Creek, FL

Atlantic Technical College landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best basic certificate practical nursing and nursing assistants programs. Located in the large suburb of Coconut Creek, Atlantic Technical College is a public school with a small student population.

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Lorenzo Walker Technical College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Florida ranking. Located in the suburb of Naples, Lorenzo Walker Technical College is a public college with a small student population.

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Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges in the Southeast Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Tennessee 14
Kentucky 47
Alabama 15
Louisiana 21
Mississippi 0
Arkansas 31

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 25 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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