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2023 Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

29 Colleges
$9,907 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$36,841 Avg Salary

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

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for healthcare students. 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 29 schools in Illinois to see which undergraduate 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.

2023 Best Value Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for practical nursing majors pursuing a undergraduate certificate.

Top 10 Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools

#1

John A Logan College

Carterville, IL

Our 2023 rankings named John A Logan College the best value school in Illinois for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Carterville, John A Logan College is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at John A Logan College are $5,960 per year. On average, practical nursing graduates from John A Logan College take out $15,389 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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#2

Rend Lake College

Ina, IL

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Rend Lake College is a great value for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the rural area of Ina, Rend Lake College is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Rend Lake College are $6,000 a year. Practical Nursing majors at Rend Lake College take out an average of $10,002 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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#3

Kaskaskia College

Centralia, IL

Out of the 29 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Kaskaskia College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the rural area of Centralia, Kaskaskia College is a public school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Kaskaskia College are $7,530 per year. Practical Nursing majors at Kaskaskia College take out an average of $9,996 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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#4

Lake Land College

Mattoon, IL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lake Land College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list. Lake Land College is a small public school located in the distant town of Mattoon.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Lake Land College are $8,104 per year. On average, practical nursing graduates from Lake Land College take out $9,894 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Lincoln Land Community College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value practical nursing and nursing assistants schools in Illinois. Located in the city of Springfield, LLCC is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at LLCC are $6,840 per year. After completing their Undergraduate Certificate, practical nursing graduates from LLCC carry an average student debtload of $13,413.

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William Rainey Harper College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Illinois ranking. Harper College is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Palatine.

Harper College undergraduate students pay an average of $9,870 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that practical nursing majors at Harper College take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $14,119.

Harper College not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list.

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#7

Black Hawk College

Moline, IL

Black Hawk College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value undergraduate certificate practical nursing and nursing assistants programs. BHC is a small public school located in the city of Moline.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at BHC are $7,500 a year. While working on their Undergraduate Certificate, practical nursing majors at BHC accumulate an average of around $18,698 in student debt.

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Elgin Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for practical nursing and nursing assistants students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. ECC is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Elgin.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at ECC are $7,140 per year.

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#9

Oakton Community College

Des Plaines, IL

With a ranking of #9, Oakton Community College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the city of Des Plaines, Oakton Community College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Oakton Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $10,446 in in-state tuition and fees each year. After completing their Undergraduate Certificate, practical nursing graduates from Oakton Community College carry an average student debtload of $17,358.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Oakton Community College also did well on our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#10

Carl Sandburg College

Galesburg, IL

Carl Sandburg College ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list. Located in the rural area of Galesburg, Carl Sandburg College is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Carl Sandburg College are $7,860 a year.

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Best Value Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

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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 29 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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