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2023 Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in Virginia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

25 Colleges
$6,760 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$40,855 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 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.

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 Schools in Virginia ranking. Our analysis looked at 25 schools in Virginia to see which 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.

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.

2023 Best Value Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in Virginia

Check out the practical nursing programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools

$4,695 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Southside Virginia Community College the best value school in Virginia for practical nursing and nursing assistants students. Southside Virginia Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Alberta.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Southside Virginia Community College are $4,695 per year. On average, practical nursing graduates from Southside Virginia Community College take out $8,950 in student loans while working on their degree.

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#2

Piedmont Virginia Community College

Charlottesville, VA
$4,790 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 25 schools in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Piedmont Virginia Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the small suburb of Charlottesville, PVCC is a public college with a small student population.

PVCC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,790 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$4,710 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 25 schools in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Dabney S Lancaster Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the rural area of Clifton Forge, DSLCC is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at DSLCC are $4,710 a year.

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$4,720 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 25 schools in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Patrick Henry Community College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the rural area of Martinsville, Patrick Henry is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Patrick Henry are $4,720 per year. After completing their degree, practical nursing graduates from Patrick Henry carry an average student debtload of $10,500.

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$4,725 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Wytheville Community College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in Virginia list. Located in the distant town of Wytheville, WCC is a public college with a small student population.

WCC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,725 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, practical nursing graduates from WCC take out $7,875 in student loans while working on their degree.

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$4,725 Average Tuition & Fees

Danville Community College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value practical nursing and nursing assistants programs. Danville Community College is a small public school located in the distant town of Danville.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Danville Community College are $4,725 a year.

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$4,710 Average Tuition & Fees

Virginia Highlands Community College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value practical nursing and nursing assistants programs. VHCC is a small public school located in the suburb of Abingdon.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at VHCC are $4,710 per year.

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$4,710 Average Tuition & Fees

Mountain Empire Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for practical nursing and nursing assistants students. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the town of Big Stone Gap, MECC is a public college with a small student population.

MECC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,710 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that practical nursing majors at MECC take out is $5,310.

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$4,730 Average Tuition & Fees

Paul D Camp Community College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in Virginia ranking. Located in the distant town of Franklin, Paul D Camp Community College is a public college 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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$4,697 Average Tuition & Fees

New River Community College landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value practical nursing and nursing assistants programs. Located in the town of Dublin, NRCC is a public college with a small student population.

NRCC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,697 in in-state tuition and fees each year. After completing their degree, practical nursing graduates from NRCC carry an average student debtload of $13,000.

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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
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 25 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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