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2023 Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

43 Colleges
$33,107 Avg Salary
$13,053 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants School for You

Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants is the #21 most popular major in the country with 84,274 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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.

The Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 43 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones offered the best programs for healthcare students.

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2023 Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Check out the practical nursing programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top 10 Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools

#1

Dixie Technical College

Saint George, UT

Our analysis found Dixie Technical College to be the best school for practical nursing and nursing assistants students who want to pursue a degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the city of Saint George, Dixie Tech is a public school with a fairly small student population.

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The excellent programs at Red Rocks Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best practical nursing and nursing assistants schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Red Rocks Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Lakewood.

Practical Nursing majors at Red Rocks Community College take out an average of $10,040 in student loans while working on their egree.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Concorde Career College - Aurora. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the city of Aurora, Concorde Career College - Aurora is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

Practical Nursing majors at Concorde Career College - Aurora take out an average of $17,261 in student loans while working on their egree.

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The excellent programs at Mountainland Technical College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best practical nursing and nursing assistants schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the large suburb of Lehi, Mountainland Technical College is a public college with a small student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Technical College of the Rockies. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the rural area of Delta, Technical College of the Rockies is a public school with a small student population.

On average, practical nursing graduates from Technical College of the Rockies take out $20,120 in student loans while working on their degree.

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Pima Medical Institute - Aurora landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best practical nursing and nursing assistants programs. Located in the large city of Aurora, PMI Aurora is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

While working on their degree, practical nursing majors at PMI Aurora accumulate an average of around $11,597 in student debt.

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Utah State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for practical nursing and nursing assistants students. It came in at #7 on the list. USU is a very large public school located in the small city of Logan.

While working on their degree, practical nursing majors at USU accumulate an average of around $14,875 in student debt.

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Emily Griffith Technical College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the city of Denver, Emily Griffith is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

While working on their degree, practical nursing majors at Emily Griffith accumulate an average of around $12,832 in student debt.

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Carrington College, Boise landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best practical nursing and nursing assistants programs. Carrington College, Boise is a small private for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Boise.

While working on their degree, practical nursing majors at Carrington College, Boise accumulate an average of around $20,117 in student debt.

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#10

College of Eastern Idaho

Idaho Falls, ID

College of Eastern Idaho landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best practical nursing and nursing assistants programs. Located in the small city of Idaho Falls, CEI is a public college with a small student population.

The average amount in student loans that practical nursing majors at CEI take out is $19,000.

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Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 0
Utah 2
Idaho 0
Montana 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

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 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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