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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

9 Colleges
$4,106 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants is the #17 most popular major in Louisiana with 21 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the healthcare programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Healthcare Degree Search has developed this Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Louisiana ranking. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in Louisiana 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College the best value school in Louisiana for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. Located in the rural area of Minden, NLTCC is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at NLTCC are $4,109 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northshore Technical Community College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Louisiana list. Located in the rural area of Bogalusa, Northshore Technical College-Sullivan Main Campus is a public school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Northshore Technical College-Sullivan Main Campus are $4,203 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Northshore Technical College-Sullivan Main Campus is ranked #4 for overall quality for practical nursing in Louisiana.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at Fletcher Technical Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value practical nursing and nursing assistants schools in Louisiana. Located in the rural area of Schriever, Fletcher Technical Community College is a public school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Fletcher Technical Community College are $3,981 per year.

Fletcher Technical Community College also took the #3 spot in our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Louisiana rankings.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Louisiana Delta Community College is a great value for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. Located in the rural area of Monroe, LDCC is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at LDCC are $4,159 per year.

LDCC not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Louisiana list.

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#5

Delgado Community College

New Orleans, LA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Delgado Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Louisiana list. Located in the large city of New Orleans, Delgado Community College is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Delgado Community College are $4,079 a year.

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Infinity College

Lafayette, LA

Infinity College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Louisiana list. Located in the midsize city of Lafayette, Infinity College is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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Healthcare Training Institute came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Louisiana ranking. Healthcare Training Institute is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Kenner.

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With a ranking of #6, Learning Bridge Career Institute did quite well on this year’s best value schools for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. Learning Bridge Career Institute is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Houma.

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Compass Career College

Hammond, LA

Compass Career College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value basic certificate practical nursing and nursing assistants programs. Located in the small suburb of Hammond, Compass Career College is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

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Best Value Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 0
Tennessee 14
Kentucky 47
Alabama 15
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 9 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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