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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

13 Colleges
$4,861 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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 Value 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 value basic certificate programs for practical nursing students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

Top 10 Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools

Our analysis found Southside Virginia Community College to be the best value 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.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Southside Virginia Community College are $4,695 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Danville Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Virginia list. Danville Community College is a small public school located in the distant town of Danville.

Danville Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,725 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Patrick Henry Community College is a great value for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. Located in the rural area of Martinsville, Patrick Henry is a public school with a small student population.

Patrick Henry undergraduate students pay an average of $4,720 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Mountain Empire Community College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Virginia list. Located in the distant town of Big Stone Gap, MECC is a public school with a small student population.

MECC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,710 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

MECC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Virginia list.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Reynolds Community College is a great value for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. Reynolds Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Richmond.

Reynolds Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $3,998 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Blue Ridge Community College

Weyers Cave, VA

With a ranking of #6, Blue Ridge Community College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. BRCC is a small public school located in the rural area of Weyers Cave.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at BRCC are $5,364 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, BRCC is ranked #4 for overall quality for practical nursing in Virginia.

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Rappahannock Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for practical nursing and nursing assistants students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. RCC is a small public school located in the rural area of Glenns.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at RCC are $4,820 per year.

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Paul D Camp Community College ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Virginia list. Located in the distant town of Franklin, Paul D Camp Community College is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Paul D Camp Community College are $4,730 a year.

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With a ranking of #9, Virginia Western Community College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. Virginia Western Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Roanoke.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Virginia Western Community College are $5,355 per year.

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Tidewater Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for practical nursing and nursing assistants students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. Tidewater Community College is a large public school located in the midsize city of Norfolk.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Tidewater Community College are $5,561 a year.

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

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

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.

  • 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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