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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

15 Colleges
$2,115 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

With 57 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, practical nursing and nursing assistants is the #18 most popular major in Arizona.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which healthcare program is right for you. 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 Arizona to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 15 schools in Arizona 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 GateWay Community College to be the best value school for practical nursing and nursing assistants students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Arizona. GateWay Community College is a small public school located in the large city of Phoenix.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at GateWay Community College are $2,070 per year.

GateWay Community College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Arizona list.

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#2

Eastern Arizona College

Thatcher, AZ

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Eastern Arizona College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Arizona list. Located in the town of Thatcher, Eastern Arizona College is a public school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Eastern Arizona College are $2,160 per year.

Eastern Arizona College also made our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Arizona list, coming in at #5.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at Mesa 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 Arizona. Located in the city of Mesa, Mesa Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Mesa Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $2,070 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 Pima Community College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Arizona list. Pima County Community College District is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tucson.

Pima County Community College District undergraduate students pay an average of $2,250 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at Cochise County Community College District helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value practical nursing and nursing assistants schools in Arizona. Cochise College is a small public school located in the city of Sierra Vista.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Cochise College are $2,184 a year.

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Glendale 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 #6 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Glendale, Glendale Community College is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Glendale Community College are $2,070 a year.

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Arizona Western College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Basic Certificate Schools in Arizona list. Located in the small city of Yuma, AWC is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

AWC undergraduate students pay an average of $2,700 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Yavapai College

Prescott, AZ

Yavapai 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 #8 on the list. Yavapai College is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Prescott.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Yavapai College are $2,600 per year.

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With a ranking of #9, Brookline College - Tempe did quite well on this year’s best value schools for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their basic certificate. Brookline College - Tempe is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the city of Tempe.

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Regional Center for Border Health landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value basic certificate practical nursing and nursing assistants programs. Regional Center for Border Health is a small private not-for-profit school located in the fringe town of Yuma.

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 97
Oklahoma 57
New Mexico 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 15 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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