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2023 Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

29 Colleges
$13,342 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 #21 most popular major in the country with 84,274 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 29 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region 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 the Rocky Mountains Region

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

#1

College of Eastern Idaho

Idaho Falls, ID

Our 2023 rankings named College of Eastern Idaho the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the small city of Idaho Falls, CEI is a public school with a small student population.

CEI undergraduate students pay an average of $6,222 in tuition and fees each year. While working on their Undergraduate Certificate, practical nursing majors at CEI accumulate an average of around $21,062 in student debt.

CEI did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.

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#2

Otero Junior College

La Junta, CO

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Otero Junior College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value practical nursing and nursing assistants schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Otero JC is a small public school located in the town of La Junta.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Otero JC are $6,563 a year.

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#3

North Idaho College

Coeur d'Alene, ID

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend North Idaho College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. NIC is a small public school located in the small city of Coeur d'Alene.

NIC undergraduate students pay an average of $8,736 in tuition and fees each year. After completing their Undergraduate Certificate, practical nursing graduates from NIC carry an average student debtload of $22,286.

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#4

College of Southern Idaho

Twin Falls, ID

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at College of Southern Idaho helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value practical nursing and nursing assistants schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . College of Southern Idaho is a medium-sized public school located in the remote town of Twin Falls.

College of Southern Idaho undergraduate students pay an average of $6,840 in tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that practical nursing majors at College of Southern Idaho take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $17,782.

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#5

Casper College

Casper, WY

Out of the 29 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Casper College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Casper College is a small public school located in the city of Casper.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Casper College are $8,520 a year. After completing their Undergraduate Certificate, practical nursing graduates from Casper College carry an average student debtload of $15,511.

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Pickens Technical 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 #6 on the list. Located in the city of Aurora, Pickens Technical College is a public college with a fairly small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Pickens Technical College are $8,830 a year. After completing their Undergraduate Certificate, practical nursing graduates from Pickens Technical College carry an average student debtload of $16,808.

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College of Western Idaho 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. CWI is a large public school located in the rural area of Nampa.

CWI undergraduate students pay an average of $7,344 in tuition and fees each year.

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Laramie County Community College landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value undergraduate certificate practical nursing and nursing assistants programs. Located in the suburb of Cheyenne, LCCC is a public school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at LCCC are $10,913 per year. After completing their Undergraduate Certificate, practical nursing graduates from LCCC carry an average student debtload of $18,247.

LCCC also claimed a spot on our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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Northern Wyoming Community College District landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value undergraduate certificate practical nursing and nursing assistants programs. Northern Wyoming Community College District is a small public school located in the remote town of Sheridan.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Northern Wyoming Community College District are $10,890 per year. The average amount in student loans that practical nursing majors at Northern Wyoming Community College District take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $17,836.

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Western Wyoming 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 #10 on the list. WWCC is a small public school located in the remote town of Rock Springs.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WWCC are $8,640 per year. Practical Nursing majors at WWCC take out an average of $15,103 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges by State

Explore the best practical nursing and nursing assistants colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 0
Utah 2
Idaho 0
Montana 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 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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