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2023 Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Virginia

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

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which healthcare program is right for you. 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. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

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 Virginia to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 13 schools in Virginia to see which ones offered the best basic certificate programs for healthcare 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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2023 Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Virginia

The colleges and universities below are the best for practical nursing majors pursuing a basic certificate.

Top 10 Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools

Our analysis found Southside Virginia Community College to be the best school for practical nursing and nursing assistants students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Virginia. Southside Virginia Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Alberta.

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Chester Career College

CHESTER, VA

Out of the 13 schools in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Chester Career College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Richmond School of Health and Technology is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the suburb of CHESTER.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Danville Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Virginia list. Danville Community College is a small public school located in the distant town of Danville.

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Out of the 13 schools in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Patrick Henry Community College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the rural area of Martinsville, Patrick Henry is a public school with a small student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mountain Empire Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Virginia list. Located in the distant town of Big Stone Gap, MECC is a public college with a small student population.

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Blue Ridge Community College

Weyers Cave, VA

Blue Ridge Community College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Virginia ranking. BRCC is a small public school located in the rural area of Weyers Cave.

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Tidewater Community College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Virginia list. Tidewater Community College is a large public school located in the medium-sized city of Norfolk.

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With a ranking of #8, Rappahannock Community College did quite well on this year’s best schools for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. RCC is a small public school located in the rural area of Glenns.

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Virginia Western Community College ranked #9 on this year’s Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Virginia list. Virginia Western Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Roanoke.

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With a ranking of #10, Paul D Camp Community College did quite well on this year’s best schools for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. Located in the distant town of Franklin, Paul D Camp Community 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
Florida 0
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

Majors Similar to Practical Nursing

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 13 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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