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2023 Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

13 Colleges
$22,278 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate 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.

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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 13 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which basic certificate programs offered the best value experiences for practical nursing students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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.

Top 10 Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools

Our analysis found Allegany College of Maryland to be the best value school for practical nursing and nursing assistants students who want to pursue a basic certificate in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the small city of Cumberland, Allegany College of Maryland is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Allegany College of Maryland are $10,280 a year.

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Mildred Elley Albany

Albany, NY

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Mildred Elley Albany. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Mildred Elley Albany is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the small city of Albany.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Mildred Elley Albany are $13,873 a year.

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Out of the 13 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Mercyhurst University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Mercyhurst is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Erie.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Mercyhurst are $42,680 a year.

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#4

Polytech Adult Education

Woodside, DE

Out of the 13 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Polytech Adult Education landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the rural area of Woodside, Polytech Adult Education is a public school with a fairly small student population.

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#4

Access Careers

Hempstead, NY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Access Careers. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Access Careers is a small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Hempstead.

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Dawn Career Institute LLC

Wilmington, DE

Out of the 13 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Dawn Career Institute LLC landed the # 4 spot on the list. Dawn Career Institute is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Wilmington.

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New Age Training

New York, NY

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend New Age Training. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the large city of New York, New Age Training is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lincoln Technical Institute - Paramus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the large suburb of Paramus, Lincoln Tech - Paramus is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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Best Care College

East Orange, NJ

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Best Care College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the suburb of East Orange, Best Care College is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

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Out of the 13 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Lincoln Technical Institute - Moorestown landed the # 4 spot on the list. Lincoln Tech - Moorestown is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Moorestown.

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Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges by State

Explore the best practical nursing and nursing assistants colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 0
Pennsylvania 97

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 13 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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