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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

36 Colleges
$11,748 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$36,841 Avg Salary

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

Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants is the #22 most popular major in Pennsylvania with 97 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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The Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 36 schools in Pennsylvania 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.

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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania

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

Top 10 Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Harrisburg Area Community College the best value school in Pennsylvania for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their undergraduate certificate. HACC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Harrisburg.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at HACC are $8,295 a year. While working on their Undergraduate Certificate, practical nursing majors at HACC accumulate an average of around $26,993 in student debt.

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#2

Lehigh Carbon Community College

Schnecksville, PA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Lehigh Carbon Community College is a great value for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Schnecksville, LCCC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

LCCC undergraduate students pay an average of $8,430 in in-state tuition and fees each year. After completing their Undergraduate Certificate, practical nursing graduates from LCCC carry an average student debtload of $20,130.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Pennsylvania Institute of Technology is a great value for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Media, Pennsylvania Institute of Technology is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Pennsylvania Institute of Technology undergraduate students pay an average of $13,905 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that practical nursing majors at Pennsylvania Institute of Technology take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $27,083.

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Out of the 36 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Northampton County Area Community College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Northampton Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Bethlehem.

Northampton Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $10,350 in in-state tuition and fees each year. After completing their Undergraduate Certificate, practical nursing graduates from Northampton Community College carry an average student debtload of $24,960.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Penn Commercial Business/Technical School helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value practical nursing and nursing assistants schools in Pennsylvania. Located in the suburb of Washington, Penn Commercial is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

Penn Commercial undergraduate students pay an average of $12,075 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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United Career Institute - Mt. Braddock 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 #6 on the list. United Career Institute is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the rural area of Mount Braddock.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at United Career Institute are $13,000 per year. Practical Nursing majors at United Career Institute take out an average of $19,113 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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Reading Area 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 #7 on the list. Located in the small city of Reading, RACC is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at RACC are $10,170 per year. Practical Nursing majors at RACC take out an average of $19,903 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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Pittsburgh Technical College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. Pittsburgh Technical College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Oakdale.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Pittsburgh Technical College are $16,699 a year. Practical Nursing majors at Pittsburgh Technical College take out an average of $23,126 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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Community College of Beaver County came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. Located in the large suburb of Monaca, CCBC is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CCBC are $12,810 per year. After completing their Undergraduate Certificate, practical nursing graduates from CCBC carry an average student debtload of $29,846.

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With a ranking of #10, Eastern Center for Arts and Technology did quite well on this year’s best value schools for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their undergraduate certificate. Eastern Center for Arts and Technology is a fairly small public school located in the suburb of Willow Grove.

The average amount in student loans that practical nursing majors at Eastern Center for Arts and Technology take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $19,881.

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Best Value Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges in the Middle Atlantic 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

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 36 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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