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2023 Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Nevada

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$3,553 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Nevada to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in Nevada to see which ones offered the best value basic certificate programs for practical nursing students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Best Nevada Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Nursing & Nursing Assistants

Our 2023 rankings named Truckee Meadows Community College the best value school in Nevada for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. Truckee Meadows Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of Reno.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Truckee Meadows Community College are $2,934 a year.

Truckee Meadows Community College also made our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Nevada list, coming in at #2.

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#2

College of Southern Nevada

Las Vegas, NV

The excellent basic certificate programs at College of Southern Nevada helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value practical nursing and nursing assistants schools in Nevada. Located in the large city of Las Vegas, CSN is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at CSN are $3,848 a year.

CSN also took the #3 spot in our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Nevada rankings.

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#3

Western Nevada College

Carson City, NV

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Western Nevada College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Nevada list. Located in the city of Carson City, WNC is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at WNC are $3,748 a year.

WNC also took the #4 spot in our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Nevada rankings.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Great Basin College is a great value for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. Great Basin College is a small public school located in the remote town of Elko.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Great Basin College are $3,683 per year.

Great Basin College also made our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Nevada list, coming in at #5.

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Best Value Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 1,055
Washington 113

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 4 schools only.

  • 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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